Reading the Past Current Approaches to Interpretation in Archaeology 3rd Edition by Ian Hodder, Scott Hutson 051107851X 9780521821322

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ISBN 10: 051107851X 

ISBN 13: 9780521821322

Author: Ian Hodder; Scott Hutson

The third edition of this classic introduction to archaeological theory and method has been fully updated to address the burgeoning of theoretical debate throughout the discipline. Ian Hodder and Scott Hutson argue that archaeologists must bring to bear a variety of perspectives in the complex and uncertain task of constructing meaning from the past. While remaining centred on the importance of hermeneutics, agency and history, the authors explore cutting-edge developments in areas such as post-structuralism, neo-evolutionary theory and whole new branches of theory such as phenomenology. With the addition of two completely new chapters, the third edition of Reading the Past presents an authoritative, state-of-the-art analysis of contemporary archaeological theory. Also including new material on feminist archaeology, historical approaches such as cultural history, and theories of discourse and signs, this book represents essential reading for any student or scholar with an interest in the past.

Table of contents:

1 The problem
Cultural meanings and context
Individuals and agents
Historical context
Conclusion

2 Processual and systems approaches
A materialist approach to culture?
Agency
History and time
Behavioural archaeology
Measuring and predicting mind: cognitive processual archaeology
Neo-evolutionary archaeology and mind
Conclusion

3 Structuralist, post-structuralist and semiotic archaeologies
Formal analysis and generative grammars
Structuralist analysis
Critique
Post-structuralism
Verification
Conclusion: the importance of structuralist archaeology

4 Marxism and ideology
Marxist archaeology
Ideology
Ideology and power: conclusions

5 Agency and practice
Practice and structuration
Resistance
Agency

6 Embodied archaeology
Materiality and malleability
From an archaeology of the body to embodiment
The limits of the body
Conclusion

7 Archaeology and history
History of the long term
Historical theory and method: Collingwood
Some examples
Conclusion and critique

8 Contextual archaeology
Meaning and understanding
Meaning in archaeology
Reading material culture
Context
Similarities and differences
Relevant dimensions of variation
Definition of context
Explanation and description
Critical hermeneutics
Conclusion

9 Post-processual archaeology
Variability and materiality
Process and structure
Historical meaning content: the ideal and the material
Archaeology and society
Conclusion

10 Conclusion: archaeology as archaeology
Testing interpretations
Archaeology and its distinctive role
Bibliography

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