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Ethnographies of Archaeological Practice
Matt . Ed(S): Edgeworth
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Description for Ethnographies of Archaeological Practice
Hardback. Collection of original studies on the contemporary practice of archaeology as a professional and scholarly endeavor. Editor(s): Edgeworth, Matt. Series: Worlds of Archaeology. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Ethnographic perspectives are often used by archaeologists to study cultures both past and present - but what happens when the ethnographic gaze is turned back onto archaeological practices themselves? That is the question posed by this book, challenging conventional ideas about the relationship between the subject and the object, the observer and the observed, and the explainers and the explained. This book explores the production of archaeological knowledge from a range of ethnographic perspectives. Fieldwork spans large parts of the world, with sites in Turkey, the Netherlands, Mexico, Brazil, Italy, Germany, the USA and the United Kingdom being covered. They ... Read more
Ethnographic perspectives are often used by archaeologists to study cultures both past and present - but what happens when the ethnographic gaze is turned back onto archaeological practices themselves? That is the question posed by this book, challenging conventional ideas about the relationship between the subject and the object, the observer and the observed, and the explainers and the explained. This book explores the production of archaeological knowledge from a range of ethnographic perspectives. Fieldwork spans large parts of the world, with sites in Turkey, the Netherlands, Mexico, Brazil, Italy, Germany, the USA and the United Kingdom being covered. They ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Series
Worlds of Archaeology
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
California, United States
ISBN
9780759108448
SKU
V9780759108448
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99-15
About Matt . Ed(S): Edgeworth
Matt Edgeworth directs and manages archaeological projects in a commercial environment. His doctorate in Archaeology and Social Anthropology was obtained from the University of Durham, and he is the author of numerous excavation reports and urban surveys. The account of his ethnography of an archaeological excavation in England was recently published as 'Acts of Discovery' (BAR, Archaeopress 2003). He is ... Read more
Reviews for Ethnographies of Archaeological Practice
Ethnographies of Archaeological Practice shows the best results of how and why the daily life of archaeology works. Here are the questions asked, the range of methods used, the best investigators' work, and the results. The book tells us what should be done next and provides a model of how to do a more effective archaeology using ethnographic ... Read more