A History of Archaeological Thought

Ranked #18 in Archaeology

The development of archeological thought is analyzed by examining archeological history to determine to what extent its trends reflect archeologists' personal & collective interests.
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Preface
The relevance of archaeological history
Classical archaeology & antiquarianism
The beginnings of scientific archaeology
The imperial synthesis
Culture-historical archaeology
Soviet archaeology
Functionalism in Western archaeology
Neo-evolutionism & the new archaeology
The explanation of diversity
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