1st Edition

Analytical Archaeology

By David L. Clarke Copyright 2015
550 Pages
by Routledge

526 Pages
by Routledge

550 Pages
by Routledge

This study was well-established as a pioneer work on archaeological methodology, the theoretical basis of all archaeological analysis whatever the period or era. The first edition of the book presented and evaluated the radical changes in methodology which derived from developments in other disciplines, such as cybernetics, computer science and geography, during the 1950s and ‘60s. It argued that... Read more

Foreword to the Revised Edition.  Preface  1. Introduction and Polemic  2. Culture Systems – The Model  3. Cultural Morphology and Cultural Ecology – The Setting  4. Material Culture Systems – Attribute and Artefact  5. Artefact and Type  6. Assemblage and Culture  7. Culture and Culture Group  8. Culture Group and Technocomplex  9. Group Ethnology  10. Entities and Processes and Procedure  11. Discussion and Speculation

Biography

David L. Clarke