Archaeology as History

Archaeology as History Telling Stories from a Fragmented Past - Elements in Historical Theory and Practice

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Publisher's Synopsis

This Element volume focuses on how archaeologists construct narratives of past people and environments from the complex and fragmented archaeological record. In keeping with its position in a series of historiography, it considers how we make meaning from things and places, with an emphasis on changing practices over time and the questions archaeologists have and can ask of the archaeological record. It aims to provide readers with a reflexive and comprehensive overview of what it is that archaeologists do with the archaeological record, how that translates into specific stories or narratives about the past, and the limitations or advantages of these when trying to understand past worlds. The goal is to shift the reader's perspective of archaeology away from seeing it as a primarily data gathering field, to a clearer understanding of how archaeologists make and use the data they uncover.

Book information

ISBN: 9781009055567
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 930.1
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 75
Weight: 175g
Height: 152mm
Width: 229mm
Spine width: 12mm