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Ethnoarchaeology

About: Ethnoarchaeology is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 554 publications have been published within this topic receiving 9363 citations.


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01 Jan 2001
TL;DR: In this paper, a detailed analysis of ethnographic data from about 340 historically known hunter-gatherer populations is presented, based on a detailed description of Lewis Binford's methodology and its significance for understanding the evolution of these cultures on a global basis.
Abstract: Many consider Lewis Binford to be the single most influential figure in archaeology in the last half-century. His contributions to the 'New Archaeology' changed the course of the field, as he argued for the development of a scientifically rigorous framework to guide the excavation and interpretation of the archaeological record. This book, the culmination of Binford's intellectual legacy thus far, presents a detailed description of his methodology and its significance for understanding hunter-gatherer cultures on a global basis. This landmark publication will be an important step in understanding the great process of cultural evolution and will change the way archaeology proceeds as a scientific enterprise. This work provides a major synthesis of an enormous body of cultural and environmental information and offers many original insights into the past. Binford helped pioneer what is now called 'ethnoarchaeology' - the study of living societies to help explain cultural patterns in the archaeological record - and this book is grounded on a detailed analysis of ethnographic data from about 340 historically known hunter-gatherer populations. The methodological framework based on this data will reshape the paradigms through which we understand human culture for years to come.

394 citations

Book
26 Jul 2001
TL;DR: In this paper, a case-study approach enables a balanced global geographic and topical coverage, including consideration of materials in French and German, and a look at ethnoarchaeology's contributions actual and potential.
Abstract: Ethnoarchaeology first developed as the study of ethnographic material culture from archaeological perspectives. Over the past half century it has expanded its scope, especially to cultural and social anthropology. Both authors are leading practitioners, and their theoretical perspective embraces both the processualism of the New Archaeology and the post-processualism of the 1980s and 90s. A case-study approach enables a balanced global geographic and topical coverage, including consideration of materials in French and German. Three introductory chapters discuss the subject and its history, survey the theory, and discuss field methods and ethics. Ten topical chapters consider formation processes, subsistence, the study of artefacts and style, settlement systems, site structure and architecture, specialist craft production, trade and exchange, and mortuary practices and ideology. Ethnoarchaeology in Action concludes with ethnoarchaeology's contributions actual and potential, and with a look at its place within anthropology. It is generously illustrated, including many photographs of leading ethnoarchaeologists in action.

370 citations

Book
01 Jan 1992
TL;DR: The Pottery Use-Alteration Study as discussed by the authors describes the use-alteration of pottery in terms of surface attrition, carbon deposition, and residual residuals of the pottery.
Abstract: Introduction. Ethnoarchaeology and Experimental Archaeology Defined. Pottery Use-Alteration. The Pottery Use-Alteration Study. Absorbed Residues. Use-Alteration: Surface Attrition. Use-Alteration: Carbon Deposition. Concluding Comments. Index.

284 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an analysis of differences between the prey choice and field processing strategies of children and adults and explore an hypothesis for predicting their archaeological effects on faunal assemblage variability.

181 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
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20238
202227
20216
202013
201917
201823