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Archaeological typology and practical reality : a dialectical approach to artifact classification and sorting / William Y. Adams and Ernest W. Adams.

By: Adams, William Y. (William Yewdale), 1927-2019Contributor(s): Adams, Ernest W. (Ernest Wilcox), 1926-Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1991. Description: xxiii, 427 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0521393345Subject(s): Archaeology -- Classification | Antiquities -- Classification | Typology (Linguistics)Genre/Form: ClassificationDDC classification: 930.1/012 LOC classification: CC72.7 | .A33 1991
Partial contents:
Pt. I. Introductory -- pt. II. The nature of types and typologies -- pt. III. Typology in action : the medieval Nubian pottery typology -- pt. IV. Pragmatics of archaeological typology -- pt. V. Classification, explanation, and theory.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books The BIAA David H. French Library
Shelf 25 - Main Room
A7 ADAMS 15939 Not for loan BOOKS*00000009944

Includes bibliographical references (p. 388-411) and index.

Pt. I. Introductory -- pt. II. The nature of types and typologies -- pt. III. Typology in action : the medieval Nubian pottery typology -- pt. IV. Pragmatics of archaeological typology -- pt. V. Classification, explanation, and theory.