Contemporary archaeology in theory: the new pragmatism

This completely revised second edition of Contemporary Archaeology in Theory:The New Pragmatism challenge the traditional boundaries between prehistoric and historical archaeologies, as well as those between time, space, process, and people. Essays by a distinguished group of archaeologists outline the archaeological potential, with its new pragmatism, by addressing contemporary socialproblems such as the direct outgrowth of historical forces, such as colonialism, industrialism, and globalization. Contemporary Archaeology in Theory, 2nd Edition investigates the emergence of postprocessual archaeologies and the gradual incorporation of questions of identity, meaning, agency, and practice alongside those of system, process, and structure. This new edition is an essential reader for students and a thought-provoking assessment of the field for allarchaeologists, indigenous peoples, and the concerned lay public.Robert W. Preucel is Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the University ofPennsylvania, Gregory Annenberg Weingarten Curator-in-charge of the American Section at the University Museum, and Director of the Penn Center for Native American Studies. His most recent book is Archaeological Semiotics (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009 in paper). Stephen Mrozowski is the founding director of the AndrewFiske Memorial Center for Archaeological Research at the University of Massachusetts Boston where he also serves as Chair of the Department of Anthropology. He has published more than sixty scholarly articles and monographs and is the author of The Archaeology of Class in Urban America (2006).

• ISBN: 978-1-4051-5853-4
• Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 637
• Fecha Publicación: 16/04/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés