{"product_id":"archaeological-theory-who-sets-the-agenda-paperback-9780521449588","title":"Archaeological Theory; Who Sets the Agenda? (Paperback) 9780521449588","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eArchaeological Theory\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWho Sets the Agenda?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis volume assesses current archaeological theories and considers how they relate to our understanding of the past.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNorman Yoffee (Edited by), Andrew Sherratt (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521449588, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 22 July 1993\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e152 pages, 14 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e24.6 x 18.9 x 1.2 cm, 0.38 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'I recommend this provocative volume, in which I found much to think about, not least Sherratt's plea that archaeologists - not the media, tour managers or politicians - should be the ones who set the agenda.' Nick Saunders, New Scientist\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis volume assesses the real achievements of archaeology in increasing an understanding of the past. Without rejecting the insights either of traditional or more recent approaches, it considers the issues raised in current claims and controversies about what is appropriate theory for archaeology. The first section looks at the process of theory building and at the sources of the ideas employed. The following studies examine questions such as the interplay between expectation and evidence in ideas of human origins, social role and material practice in the formation of the archaeological record, and how the rise of states should be conceptualised; further papers cover issues of ethnoarchaeology, visual symbols, and conflicting claims to ownership of the past. The conclusion is that archaeologists need to be equally wary of naive positivism in the guise of scientific procedure, and of speculation about the unrecorded intentions of prehistoric actors.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: The sources of archaeological theory Norman Yoffee, and Andrew Sherratt\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Social Context of Archaeological Theory: 1. Limits to a post-processual archaeology (or The dangers of a new scholasticism) Philip L. Kohl\u003cbr\u003e 2. A proliferation of new archaeologists 'Beyond objectivism and relativism' Alison Wylie\u003cbr\u003e 3. Ambition, deference, discrepancy, consumption\u003cbr\u003e the intellectual background to a post-processual archaeology Christopher Chippendale\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Archaeological Theory from the Paleolithic to the State: 4. Ancestors and agendas Clive Gamble\u003cbr\u003e 5. After social evolution: a new archaeological agenda? Stephen Shennan\u003cbr\u003e 6. Too many chiefs? (or, Safe texts for the 90s) Norman Yoffee\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Case-Studies in Archaeological Theory and Practice\u003cbr\u003e 7. When is a symbol archaeologically meaningful? Meaning, function and prehistoric visual arts Kelley Hays\u003cbr\u003e 8. Re-fitting the 'cracked and broken facade': the case for empiricism in post-processual ethnoarchaeology Miriam Start\u003cbr\u003e 9. Communication and the importance of disciplinary communities: who owns the past? Tim Murray\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Postscript and Epilogue: 10. The relativity of theory Andrew Sherratt\u003cbr\u003e 11. Archaeology: the loss of nerve Richard Bradley.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Archaeological theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Archaeological theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Archaeological%20theory%20%5BHDA%5D%22\"\u003eHDA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005122335000,"sku":"9780521449588","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521449588i_144ca08f-c3db-4bf7-8068-065aa7d694b1.jpg?v=1691382067","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/archaeological-theory-who-sets-the-agenda-paperback-9780521449588","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}