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Archaeological Theory in a Nutshell book cover

2nd Edition

Archaeological Theory in a Nutshell

By Adrian Praetzellis Copyright 2023
238 Pages 43 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

238 Pages 43 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

238 Pages 43 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book provides a brief, readable introduction to archaeological theory. Adrian Praetzellis demystifies a pile of tricky contemporary concepts for the theory-phobic undergraduate or beginning graduate student. This new edition adds chapters on Indigenous, cognitive, and behavioral archaeologies and now covers 15 contemporary theories from neoevolutionism to queer theory. Each chapter... Read more

Chapter 1 How Theory Works; Chapter 2 Neoevolutionism; Chapter 3 Behavioral Archaeology; Chapter 4 Marxism; Chapter 5 Critical Theory; Chapter 6 Postcolonalism; Chapter 7 Indigenous Archaeology; Chapter 8 Feminism; Chapter 9 Queer Theory; Chapter 10 Structuralism; Chapter 11 Agency, Structure, and Structuration; Chapter 12 Transgressive Archaeologies; Chapter 13 Archaeological Biography; Chapter 14 Cognitive Archaeology; Chapter 15 Phenomenology; Chapter 16 Materiality and Thing Theory; Chapter 17 The Next Big Thing, or Where Do We Go From Here?; Chapter 18 Parlez-vous Po-Mo? A Mostly Postmodern Phrasebook.

Biography

Adrian Praetzellis is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Sonoma State University.

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