Archaeological Theory in a Nutshell

Adrian Praetzellis (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

208 Seiten

2015
Left Coast Press Inc (Verlag)
978-1-62958-158-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Adrian Praetzellis provides a brief, readable introduction to contemporary theoretical models used in archaeology for the undergraduate or beginning graduate student. He demystifies a dozen flavors of contemporary theory for the theory-phobic reader, providing a short history of each, its application in archaeology, and an example of its use in recent work. The book: teaches about different contemporary archaeological theories including postcolonialism, neoevolutionism, materiality, and queer theoy is written in accessible language with key examples for each theory includes illustrations and cartoons by the author provides questions at the end of each chapter to facilitate discussion.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments, Chapter 1 How Theory Works, Chapter 2 Neoevolutionism, Chapter 3 Marxism, Chapter 4 Critical Theory, Chapter 5 Postcolonalism, Chapter 6 Feminism, Chapter 7 Queer Theory, Chapter 8 Structuralism, Chapter 9 Agency, Structure, and Structuration, Chapter 10 Transgressive Archaeologies, Chapter 11 Archaeological Biography, Chapter 12 Phenomenology, Chapter 13 Materiality and Thing Theory, Chapter 14 The Next Big Thing or Where Do We Go From Here?, Chapter 15 Parlez-vous Po-Mo?, A Mostly Postmodern Phrasebook, Indexes, About the Author/Illustrator

Produkt-Details

• Verlagsort: Walnut Creek
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 152 x 229 mm
• Gewicht: 476 g
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• ISBN-10: 1-62958-158-5 / 1629581585
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62958-158-3 / 9781629581583
• Zustand: Neuware