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Theory and Practice of Archaeology, The: A Workbook 3/e

Thomas C. Patterson

Published May 2004 by Prentice Hall
Copyright 2005, 192 pp., Paper
ISBN: 0-13-189805-1
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$28.00

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Summary

Intended to help the reader learn how to think like an archaeologist. KEY TOPICS: This book includes activities that challenge readers to interpret and explain field findings and help them to see the link between theory and practice. Topics include stratigraphy, seriation, modes of production, divisions of labor, social reproduction, and class struggle and resistance. MARKET: For those interested in discovering the history of contemporary social structures.

Features

  • NEW - Techniques and data used in the labs—Have been updated.
    • Gives students experience with current lab techniques that archaeologists use.

  • Workbook contains 12 problems divided into two parts:
    • (1) A brief introduction to the topic and a description of the techniques used.

    • (2) A presentation of data and the questions to be answered.



Table of Contents



Preface.


Some Suggestions for Teachers.


Introduction.

PROBLEMS AND DISCUSSION

 1. Stratigraphy: Establishing a Sequence from Excavated Archaeological Evidence.

 2. Seriation: Ordering Archaeological Evidence by Stylistic Differences.

 3.Constructing a Regional Chronology.

 4. Modes of Production, Divisions of Labor, and Social Reproduction.

 5. Time and Place as Operating Conditions in Production.

 6. The Construction and Transformation of Regional Landscapes.

 7. Social Divisions of Labor, Class Structures, and State Formation.

 8. State Formation: Conquest Abroad, Repression at Home.

 9. Frontier Societies: State Formation and Uneven Development.

10. State Formation and the Reorganization of Social Production and Reproduction.

11. The Social Construction of Gender, Ethnicity, and Race.

12. Class Struggle and Resistance.




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