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Archaeology as Long-Term History

Archaeology as Long-Term History

Paperback

Series: New Directions in Archaeology

ArchaeologyAncient History General

ISBN10: 0521107865
ISBN13: 9780521107860
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Mar 5 2009
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.34 Width: 8.25 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
In marked contrast with the anthropological and cross-cultural approaches that featured so prominently in archaeological research this contributory volume emphasises the archaeological significance of historical method and philosophy. Drawing particularly on the work of R. G. Collingwood, the contributors show that the notion of 'history seen from within' is a viable approach that can be applied in ethnoarchaeology and in both historic and prehistoric archaeology. There is a discussion of short, medium and long-term historical structures in relation to social events generating observed material culture patterning. Examination of the relationship between structure and event within historical contexts leads to insights into the interdependence of continuity and change, and into the nature of widely recognised processes such as acculturation, diffusion and migration.

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