Debating archaeology
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Debating archaeology
（Studies in archaeology）
Academic Press, c1989
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Bibliography: p. 491-520
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In this book, Binford collects and comments on the twenty-eight substantive papers he has published in the 1980's, just as he collected and commented on his papers of the 1970's in "Working at Archaeology" (Academic Press, 1983) and his papers of the 1960's in "An Archaeological Perspective" (Academic Press, 1972). This ongoing collection of self-edited papers, together with the extensive and very candid interstitial commentaries, provides an invaluable record of the development of 'The New Archaeology' and a challenging view into the mind of the man who is certainly the most creative archaeological theorist of our time.The key feature of the book is that, as the leading theoretician and principal spokesman of the 'New Archaeology' for the past thirty years, all archaeologists find Binford's "Debating Archaeology" an important addition to the literature.
This book includes: extensive discussions of empiricism and the assumptions of 'post processual' archaeology; discussions of science as a learning process in conflict with empiricism; examination of the current scholarly conflict over the nature of early hominids; examination of the current scholarly conflicts in archaeological theory; and, a reexamination of several old, established sites, which does not support their traditional interpretations.
Table of Contents
Introduction: "Culture" and Social Roles in Archaeology. The New Archaeology, Then and Now. Much Ado About Nothing: Science to Seance, or Processual to "Post-Processual". Archaeology. In Pursuit of the Future. Data, Relativism, and Archaeological Science. Review of Hodder, Reading the Past. Current Approaches to Interpretation in Archaeology. Empiricism and Other Problems in Contemporary Archaeology: Coping with Debate Tactics. Reply to "More on the Mousterian. Flaked Bone from Cueva Morin," by L. Freeman. Brand X versus the Recommended Product. "Righteous Rocks" and Richard Gould. Some Observations on Misguided Debate (with Nancy M. Stone). Richard Gould Revisited, or Bringing Back the "Bacon". An Alyawara Day. The Stone Quarry (with James F. O'Connell). An Alyawara Day. Flour, Spinifex Gum, and Shifting Perspectives. An Alyawara Day. Making Men's Knives and Beyond. Butchering, Sharing, and the Archaeological Record. Styles of Style (1989). Researching Ambiguity. Frames of Reference and Site Structure. Models and Accommodating Arguments versus Pattern Recognition. What Drives Research Best?: Multidimensional Analysis of Sheep and Goats. Baa-ck and Forth. The Hunting Hypothesis, Archaeological Methods, and the Past. Letter to H. T. Bunn. Bones of Contention. A Reply to Glynn Isaac. Human Ancestors. Changing Views of Their Behavior. Fact and Fiction about the Zinjanthropus Floor. Data, Arguments, and Interpretations. Hyena Scavenging Behavior and Its Implications for the Interpretation of Faunal Assemblages from FLK 22 (The Zinj Floor) at Olduvai Gorge (with M. G. L. Mills and Nancy M. Stone). Were There Elephant Hunters at Torralba? Searching for Camps and Missing the Evidence? Another Look at the Lower Paleolithic. Technology of Early Man. An Organizational Approach to the Oldowan. Isolating the Transition to Cultural Adaptations. An Organizational Approach. Coping with Culture. References. Index.
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