Prophet, pariah, and pioneer : Walter W. Taylor and dissension in American archaeology

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Prophet, pariah, and pioneer : Walter W. Taylor and dissension in American archaeology

edited by Allan L. Maca, Jonathan E. Reyman, and William J. Folan ; foreword by Linda S. Cordell

University Press of Colorado, c2010

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-406) and index

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"This is a fascinating book about a complex person...Taylor is claimed by the contributors to this new book as ancestor to both processual and postprocessual archaeologies...It thus remains possible to read him in different ways, as is well brought out by the diverse contributions to this volume, which is the first to provide a thorough and informed account that contextualizes Taylor's work and habilitates him within later and contemporary currents in archaeology...Throughout Prophet, Pariah, and Pioneer and especially at the end, the twists and turns, the refractions never stop...The editors are to be congratulated for not trying to tidy him up..." -Ian Hodder, Current Anthropology In his 1948 work A Study of Archaeology, recently minted Harvard Ph.D. Walter W. Taylor delivered the strongest and most substantial critique of American archaeology ever published. He created many enemies with his dissection of the research programs of America's leading scholars, who took it as a personal affront. Taylor subsequently saw his ideas co-opted, his research pushed to the margins, and his students punished. Publicly humiliated at the 1985 Society for American Archaeology meeting, he suffered ridicule until his death in 1997. Nearly everyone in the archaeological community read Taylor's book at the time, and despite the negative reaction, many were influenced by it. Few young scholars dared to directly engage and build on his "conjunctive approach," yet his suggested methods nevertheless began to be adopted and countless present-day authors highlight his impact on the 1960s formation of the "New Archaeology." In Prophet, Pariah, and Pioneer, peers, colleagues, and former students offer a critical consideration of Taylor's influence and legacy. Neither a festschrift nor a mere analysis of his work, the book presents an array of voices exploring Taylor and his influence, sociologically and intellectually, as well as the culture of American archaeology in the second half of the twentieth century.

目次

  • Foreword
  • Part I - Introduction, Background & Overview
  • Part II - Southern Illinois University: Colleagues' Perspectives
  • Part III - Southern Illinois University: Student's Perspectives
  • Part IV - Analyses of Taylor's Work & Influence
  • Part V - Discussion
  • Index.

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