Between Dirt and Discussion: Methods, Methodology and Interpretation in Historical Archaeology by Steven N. Archer, Kevin M. Bartoy
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (September 14, 2006) | 235 pages | ISBN: 0387342184 | PDF | 12.9 MB
Interpretations of the past are under constant critical scrutiny in archaeology. In recent decades, theoretical views have profoundly changed the conceptions of both "the past" and archaeologists' relationship to this object of study. However, our basic excavation and analytical methods have undergone little critical re-evaluation…