{"product_id":"archaeology-on-the-threshold-studies-in-the-processes-of-change-hardback-9780813069531","title":"Archaeology on the Threshold; Studies in the Processes of Change (Hardback) 9780813069531","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eArchaeology on the Threshold\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eStudies in the Processes of Change\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJoseph D. Wardle (Edited by), Robert K. Hitchcock (Edited by), Matthew Schmader (Edited by), Pei-Lin Yu (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813069531\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 December 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e314 pages, 35 b\/w illus., 19 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.151 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew perspectives on transitions in human history\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is about transitional periods of cultural and environmental change as seen through the lenses of archaeology and ethnography. Incorporating data from across six continents and tracing the human experience from the Late Pleistocene to the present, this book offers a global comparative perspective on transitional states.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQuestions of causality are considered, as are hypotheses about the processes of cultural change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArchaeology on the Threshold\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on major transitions such as the shift from foraging to agriculture, the adoption of new technologies, the emergence of large-scale societies, the transition from egalitarian to inegalitarian leadership, and changes that occur in socioeconomic and ideological systems as a result of climate change and disease. Theoretical approaches range from processual to postprocessual, humanistic, and interpretive. Methodologies include ethnoarchaeology, the use of ethnographic analogy, crosscultural comparisons and large-scale data approaches, oral history, the historical record, participant observation, and focus group discussions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChallenging archaeologists to query long-held assumptions and theoretical positions, this volume aims to refocus inquiry into change-causing and larger evolutionary processes to problematize notions of revolutionary, irrevocable change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese case studies examine and shed light on assumptions regarding the linearity and oscillations of adaptations, with intriguing implications for archaeological inferences.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University Press of Florida","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559265857816,"sku":"9780813069531","price":55.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/archaeology-on-the-threshold-studies-in-the-processes-of-change-hardback-9780813069531","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}