A Review and Analysis of the Flagstaff Culture ...
Author | : Harold Sterling Gladwin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 97 |
Release | : 1943 |
Genre | : Arizona |
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Author | : Harold Sterling Gladwin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 97 |
Release | : 1943 |
Genre | : Arizona |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Harold Sterling Gladwin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 1943 |
Genre | : Arizona |
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Author | : R. Lee Lyman |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2007-07-27 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0585304521 |
This volume presents an insightful critical analysis of the culture history approach to Americanist anthropology. Reasons for the acceptance and incorporation of important concepts, as well as the paradigm's strengths and weaknesses, are discussed in detail. The framework for this analysis is founded on the contrast between two metaphysics used by evolutionary biologists in discussing their own discipline: materialistic/populational thinking and essentialistic/typological thinking. Employing this framework, the authors show not only why the culture history paradigm lost favor in the 1960s, but also which of its aspects need to be retained if archaeology is ever to produce a viable theory of culture change.
Author | : John G. Douglass |
Publisher | : University Press of Colorado |
Total Pages | : 469 |
Release | : 2012-04-15 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1607321742 |
In Ancient Households of the Americas archaeologists investigate the fundamental role of household production in ancient, colonial, and contemporary households. Several different cultures-Iroquois, Coosa, Anasazi, Hohokam, San Agustín, Wankarani, Formative Gulf Coast Mexico, and Formative, Classic, Colonial, and contemporary Maya-are analyzed through the lens of household archaeology in concrete, data-driven case studies. The text is divided into three sections: Section I examines the spatial and social organization and context of household production; Section II looks at the role and results of households as primary producers; and Section III investigates the role of, and interplay among, households in their greater political and socioeconomic communities. In the past few decades, household archaeology has made substantial contributions to our understanding and explanation of the past through the documentation of the household as a social unit-whether small or large, rural or urban, commoner or elite. These case studies from a broad swath of the Americas make Ancient Households of the Americas extremely valuable for continuing the comparative interdisciplinary study of households.
Author | : R. Lee Lyman |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 397 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0198871155 |
Documentation, analysis, and explanation of culture change have long been goals of archaeology. Scientific graphs facilitate the visual thinking that allow archaeologists to determine the relationship between variables, and, if well designed, comprehend the processes implied by the relationship. Different graph types suggest different ontologies and theories of change, and particular techniques of parsing temporally continuous morphological variation of artefacts into types influence graph form. North American archaeologists have grappled with finding a graph that effectively and efficiently displays culture change over time. Line graphs, bar graphs, and numerous one-off graph types were used between 1910 and 1950, after which spindle graphs displaying temporal frequency distributions of specimens within each of multiple artefact types emerged as the most readily deciphered diagram. The variety of graph types used over the twentieth century indicate archaeologists often mixed elements of both Darwinian variational evolutionary change and Midas-touch like transformational change. Today, there is minimal discussion of graph theory or graph grammar in introductory archaeology textbooks or advanced texts, and elements of the two theories of evolution are still mixed. Culture has changed, and archaeology provides unique access to the totality of humankind's cultural past. It is therefore crucial that graph theory, construction, and decipherment are revived in archaeological discussion.
Author | : Dale Stuart King |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 438 |
Release | : 1949 |
Genre | : Arizona |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Harold Sterling Gladwin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 1948 |
Genre | : Arizona |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Mar’a Nieves Zede–o |
Publisher | : University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780816514557 |
For decades archaeologists have used pottery to reconstruct the lifeways of ancient populations. It has become increasingly evident, however, that to make inferences about prehistoric economic, social, and political activities through the patterning of ceramic variation, it is necessary to determine the location where the vessels were made. Through detailed analysis of manufacturing technology and design styles as well as the use of modern analytical techniques such as neutron activation analysis, Zede–o here demonstrates a broadly applicable methodology for identifying local and nonlocal ceramics.
Author | : R. Lee Lyman |
Publisher | : University of Alabama Press |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0817312226 |
This volume explains the deep influence of biological methods and theories on the practice of Americanist archaeology by exploring W.C. McKern's use of Linnaean taxonomy as the model for development of a pottery classification system.
Author | : Stephen Edward Nash |
Publisher | : Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780874806212 |
Archaeologists with expertise in stratigraphy, ceramic dating, obsidian hydration, and luminescence dating present historical and nontechnical reviews of the growth, development, and application of their techniques.