Archaeology beyond Postmodernity: A Science of the Social (Archaeology in Society)
Book Details
Author(s)Andrew M. Martin
PublisherAltaMira Press
ISBN / ASIN0759123578
ISBN-139780759123571
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Sales Rank2,198,664
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
In the last decade, a new conception of culture has emerged in sociology, out of the ashes of modernism and post-modernism, that has the potential to radically change how we think about cultural objects and groups in archaeology. Archaeology beyond Postmodernity re-evaluates current interpretive and methodological tools and adapts them to the new position. Many examples are given from Western and indigenous sciences to illustrate this different understanding of science and culture. In addition, several case studies demonstrate how it can be applied to interpret historic and prehistoric cultures.
