An edition of Ethnoarchaeology in action
(2001)
Ethnoarchaeology in action
by Nicholas David
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1 Ethnoarchaeology: its nature, origins, and history
Why ethnoarchaeology?
The plan of this book
The birth and definition of ethnoarchaeology
A brief history of ethnoarchaeology
The attractions of ethnoarchaeology
Further reading
2 Theorizing ethnoarchaeology and analogy
Explanation in social science
Processual and contextual schools and styles of
analysis
Analogy
Ethnoarchaeology and postprocessualism
Further reading
3 Fieldwork and ethics
Types of ethnoarchaeological research
Assessment of field methods
Challenges
Professional ethics and the ethnoarchaeologist
Further reading
4 Human residues: entering the archaeological context
Middle range theory from S to A
Deposits and sites
Cycling, curation, lifespan
Natural garbage and discarded meanings
Abandonment
Concluding remarks
Further reading
5 Fauna and subsistence /
Fauna and their remains /
Subsistence
Conclusion: the importance of ethnography
Further reading
6 Studying artifacts: functions, operating sequences,
taxonomy
Archaeological and ethnoarchaeological approaches
Identification of artifact functions
Techniques of manufacture
Taxonomy, emics and etics
A note on change
Further reading
7 Style and the marking of boundaries: contrasting regional
studies
Style
Style at work
Conclusions
Further reading
8 Settlement: systems and patterns
Settlement patterns and subsistence-settlement
systems
Hunters and gatherers
Pastoralists
Cultivators plus
Concluding contrasts, mobility and sedentism
Further reading
9 Site structures and activities
Hunter-gatherer studies
Nomadic pastoralists
Mobile populations with domesticated animals
Cultivators
Engendered activities, engendered spaces?
Concluding remarks
Further reading
10 Architecture
"Vernacular" architecture
Why the Willow Lake Dene build log cabins and tipis
Architecture in the Islamic world
Sukur: the chiefly production of space
Conclusions
Further reading
11 Specialist craft production and apprenticeship
Specialist craft production
Organization of craft production
Learning and apprenticeship
Examples of craft specialization
The ethnoarchaeology of iron smelting in Africa
Blacksmiths and brasscasters
Concluding remarks
Further reading
12 Trade and exchange
Exchange, trade, and distribution
Concluding remarks
Further reading
13 Mortuary practices, status, ideology, and systems of
thought
Mortuary practices, status, and ideology
Ideology, domination, and resistance in other areas
Linking technologies, objects, and social representations
Conclusions
Further reading
14 Conclusions: ethnoarchaeology in context
Ethnoarchaeology as contributor to archaeological
theory and practice
Career passages and the centrality of ethnoarchaeology
Lack of institutionalization, increasing maturity
The future
Reflexivity
Bibliography
Index.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 422-468) and index.
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