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Archaeology and Language I Theoretical and Methodological Orientations
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Archaeology and Language I represents groundbreaking work in synthesizing two disciplines that are now seen as interlinked: linguistics and archaeology. This volume is the first of a three-part survey of innovative results emerging from their combination. Archaeology and historical linguistics have largely pursued separate tracks until recently, although their goals can be very similar. While... Read more
Archaeology and Language I: Theorectical and methodological orientations. Volume I. Theoretical and methodological orientations. Preface Part 1. Prehistory of Language Part 2. Deep-level linkages/hypotheses Part 3. Problems of Method Part 4. Oral traditions
Biography
Roger Blench is Research Fellow of the Overseas Development Institute. Matthew Spriggs is Professor of Archaeology at the Australian National University.
`Most of the papers are very good, and some are excellent and represent seminal reading.' - Cambridge Archaeological Journal
`a coherent overview of an important topic which has been long ignored and/or often disparaged.' - Antiquity, September 1999.
'I am very pleased to see this series in press, and I congratulate the editors on their achievement.' - Journal of Linguistics
