1st Edition

Time and Archaeology

Edited By Tim Murray Copyright 2000
    192 Pages
    by Routledge

    192 Pages
    by Routledge

    The concept of time is salient to all human affairs and can be understood in a variety of different ways. This pioneering collection is the first comprehensive survey of time and archaeology. It includes chapters from a broad, international range of contributors, which combine theoretical and empirical material. They illustrate and explore the diversity of archaeological approaches to time.

    Preface Introduction 1 A return to the ‘Pompeii premise’ 2 Indian and other concepts of time: a holistic framework 3 Puranic time and the archaeological record 4 German Romantic chronology and its impact on the interpretation of prehistory 5 Keeping industrial time 6 Developing an Indian stone age chronology 7 Appraising the urban future: an archaeological time Perspective 8 The Hochdorf ‘princely’ grave and the question of the nature of archaeological funerary assemblages 9 The times of history: archaeology, narrative and non-linear causality

    Biography

    Tim Murray is Professor of Archaeology at LaTrobe University, Melbourne, Australia.