Death by theory
Subtitle: a tale of mystery and archaeological theory
By: Adrian Praetzellis.
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Walnut Creek, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
Subjects: Archaeology.; Archaeology -- Methodology.
Description: "A European Neolithic burial. A large stone Venus. Nothing unusual about it except that it was found on an island in the Pacific Northwest. Archaeologist Hannah Green and her shovelbum nephew find themselves in a tangled web of competing interests - avaricious land owners, hungry media, and a cult of goddess worshippers - while investigating one of the finds of the century. In untangling the mystery of the Washington Venus, Hannah and Sean have to confront questions of archaeological evidence, of ethics, of conflicting interpretation of data, and of the very nature of archaeological truths. Helping them are a cadre of disdainful graduate students who propose various theories - processualist, marxist, feminist, postmodernist - to explain the bizarre events. Teach your students archaeological theory in a fashion they'll enjoy, while they solve the mystery in Adrian Praetzellis's delightful textbook-as-novel."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-159) and index.