The Annales school and archaeology

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The Annales school and archaeology

edited by John Bintliff

Leicester University Press, 1991

  • : pbk.

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

  • The contribution of an Annaliste/structural history approach to archaeology / John Bintliff
  • Two Italys, one valley : an Annaliste perspective / Graeme Barker
  • Structural history and classical archaeology / Anthony Snodgrass
  • The place and role of the Annales school in an approach to the Roman rural economy / J.P. Vallat
  • Archaeology, the longue durée and the limits of the Roman Empire / Rick Jones
  • Annalistes, hermeneutics and positivists : squaring circles or dissolving problems / Christopher S. Peebles

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Description

Structural history, the core model of the Annales School, offers the most highly developed and intellectually refined analytical programme for structuring and hence simplifying the phenomena of the past in all their complexity. The importance of structural history to archaeology is shown in two ways. Firstly, the principles developed in the Annales tradition are described and placed into the context of contemporary theoretical archaeological debate. Secondly, the book goes on to show, by means of detailed case studies, how these principles are being applied in some notable Graeco-Roman and New World archaeological studies. The combination of theory clearly explained, and practice clearly described, should make this book useful reading for professional archaeologists.

Table of Contents

  • The contribution of an Annaliste/structural history approach to archaeology, John Bintliff
  • Two Italys, one valley - an Annalists perspective, Graeme Barker
  • Structural history and classical archaeology, Anthony Snodgrass
  • The place and role of the Annales School in an approach to the Roman rural economy, J P Vallat
  • Archaeology, the longue duree and the limits of the Roman Empire, Rick Jones
  • Annalistes, hermeneutics and positivists - squaring circles or dissolving problems, Christopher S. Peebles.

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