A Critique of Archaeological Reason Structural, Digital and Philosophical Aspects of the Excavated Record
The inquiry into the nature of archaeology and its theoretical presuppositions leads to unexpected results. The question about its nature is a question about distinctiveness: what is unique about the discipline that sets it apart from the others? The question about theoretical presuppositions relate...
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press
cop. 2017
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| See on Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991009309179708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part One. Fundamentals
- Archaeology and grammar
- Categorization
- The search for objectivity
- Part Two. Analysis
- Stratigraphic analysis
- Typological analysis
- Integrative analysis
- Part Three. The Reassembled Construct
- The invention of a site
- The physical record
- The referential record
- Part Four. The Privileged Venue
- Digital thought
- Digital text
- The archaeological record
- Part Five. The Wider Frame
- The relevance of structure
- The critical approach
- Hermeneutics
- Conclusion.
