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Measuring Time with Artifacts : A History of Methods in American Archaeology by R. Lee Lyman and Michael J. O'Brien (2006, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Nebraska Press
ISBN-100803229666
ISBN-139780803229662
eBay Product ID (ePID)48623980
Product Key Features
Number of Pages348 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameMeasuring Time with Artifacts : a History of Methods in American Archaeology
SubjectArchaeology, General
Publication Year2006
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSocial Science, History
AuthorR. Lee Lyman, Michael J. O'brien
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight20.8 Oz
Item Length9.8 in
Item Width5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2005-026723
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal930.1072/073
Table Of Content1. Introduction;Ontology2. The Concept of Evolution in Early Twentieth-Century American ArchaeologyThe Epistemology of Measurement Units3. Cultural Traits as Units of Analysis in Early Twentieth-Century Anthropology; 4. Chronometers and Units in Early Archaeology and Paleontology; 5. A. L. Kroeber and the Measurement of Time's Arrow and Time's Cycle; 6. Time, Space, and Marker Types in James Ford's 1936 Chronology for the Lower Mississippi ValleyThe Epistemology of Chronometers7. The Direct Historical Approach; 8. American Stratigraphic Excavation; 9. Graphic Depictions of Culture Change; 10. Artifact Classification and Artifact-Based Chronometry
SynopsisCombining historical research with a lucid explication of archaeological methodology and reasoning, Measuring Time with Artifacts examines the origins and changing use of fundamental chronometric techniques and procedures and analyzes the different ways American archaeologists have studied changes in artifacts, sites, and peoples over time. In highlighting the underpinning ontology and epistemology of artifact-based chronometers--cultural transmission and how to measure it archaeologically--this volume covers issues such as why archaeologists used the cultural evolutionism of L. H. Morgan, E. B. Tylor, L. A. White, and others instead of biological evolutionism; why artifact classification played a critical role in the adoption of stratigraphic excavation; how the direct historical approach accomplished three analytical tasks at once; why cultural traits were important analytical units; why paleontological and archaeological methods sometimes mirror one another; how artifact classification influences chronometric method; and how graphs illustrate change in artifacts over time. An understanding of the history of artifact-based chronometers enables us to understand how we know what we think we know about the past, ensures against modern misapplication of the methods, and sheds light on the reasoning behind archaeologists' actions during the first half of the twentieth century., An essential historical guide to chronological methods and units of analyses used by American archaeologists, combining in-depth historical research with a lucid explanation of archaeological methodology and reasoning.
LC Classification NumberCC95.L96 2006
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