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Reading the past : current approaches to interpretation in archaeology / Ian Hodder and Scott Hutson.

By: Hodder, IanContributor(s): Hutson, ScottMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003. Edition: 3rd edDescription: xviii, 293 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: 0521821320; 0521528844 (pbk.); 9780511078514 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Archaeology -- Philosophy | Archaeology -- MethodologyDDC classification: 930.1 LOC classification: CC72 | .H62 2003X
Contents:
The problem -- Processual and systems approaches -- Structuralist, post-structuralist and semiotic archaeologies -- Marxism and ideology -- Agency and practice -- Embodied archaeology -- Archaeology and history -- Contextual archaeology -- Post-processual archaeology -- Archaeology as archaeology.
Summary: In 'Reading the Past', the authors argue that archaeologists must bring to bear a variety of perspectives in the task of constructing meaning from the past. This third edition includes new material on feminist archaeology, historical approaches such as cultural history, and theories of discourse and signs.
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Includes bibliographical references (p.248-283) and index.

The problem -- Processual and systems approaches -- Structuralist, post-structuralist and semiotic archaeologies -- Marxism and ideology -- Agency and practice -- Embodied archaeology -- Archaeology and history -- Contextual archaeology -- Post-processual archaeology -- Archaeology as archaeology.

In 'Reading the Past', the authors argue that archaeologists must bring to bear a variety of perspectives in the task of constructing meaning from the past. This third edition includes new material on feminist archaeology, historical approaches such as cultural history, and theories of discourse and signs.