David: Ethnoarchaeology in Action. Paperback
9780521667791227sd148
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Ethnoarchaeology in Action. Paperback. Paperback
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by Nicholas David & Carol Kramer
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504 pages, with 30 line diagrams 66 half-tones 1 graph 3 maps. 2001
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Ethnoarchaeology first developed as the study of ethnographic material culture from archaeological perspectives. Over the past half century it has expanded its scope, especially to cultural and social anthropology. Both authors are leading practitioners, and their theoretical perspective embraces both the processualism of the New Archaeology and the post-processualism of the 1980s and 90s. A case-study approach enables a balanced global geographic and topical coverage, including consideration of materials in French and German. Three introductory chapters discuss the subject and its history, survey the theory, and discuss field methods and ethics. Ten topical chapters consider formation processes, subsistence, the study of artefacts and style, settlement systems, site structure and architecture, specialist craft production, trade and exchange, and mortuary practices and ideology.
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