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Against Typological Tyranny in Archaeology
. Ed(S): Gnecco, Cristobal; Langebaek, Carl
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Hardback. Against Typological Tyranny in Archaeology Editor(s): Gnecco, Cristobal; Langebaek, Carl. Num Pages: 254 pages, 24 black & white illustrations, 6 colour illustrations, 6 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HDD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 549.
The papers in this book question the tyranny of typological thinking in archaeology through case studies from various South American countries (Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Argentina, and Brazil) and Antarctica. They aim to show that typologies are unavoidable (they are, after all, the way to create networks that give meanings to symbols) but that their tyranny can be overcome if they are used from a critical, heuristic and non-prescriptive stance: critical because the complacent attitude towards their tyranny is replaced by a militant stance against it; heuristic because they are used as means to reach alternative and suggestive interpretations but not ... Read more
The papers in this book question the tyranny of typological thinking in archaeology through case studies from various South American countries (Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Argentina, and Brazil) and Antarctica. They aim to show that typologies are unavoidable (they are, after all, the way to create networks that give meanings to symbols) but that their tyranny can be overcome if they are used from a critical, heuristic and non-prescriptive stance: critical because the complacent attitude towards their tyranny is replaced by a militant stance against it; heuristic because they are used as means to reach alternative and suggestive interpretations but not ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461487234
SKU
V9781461487234
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About . Ed(S): Gnecco, Cristobal; Langebaek, Carl
Cristobal Gnecco is professor in the Department of Anthropology, Universidad del Cauca (Colombia), where he teaches issues related to the political economy of archaeology, discourses on the other, and geopolitics of knowledge. Carl Langebaek is professor in the Department of Anthropology, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia), where he teaches archaeology and ethnohistory.
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