Behavioral archaeology
Subtitle: principles and practice
By: Michael Brian Schiffer ; with the assistance of Kacy L. Hollenback and contributions by James M. Skibo and William H. Walker.
Contributors: Hollenback, Kacy L.; Skibo, James M.; Walker, William H., 1964-
Series: Equinox handbooks in anthropological archaeology
Publisher: Equinox Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London; Oakville [Conn.]
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781845532871; 9781845532888
Subjects: Archaeology -- Methodology; Human behavior -- History; Technological innovations -- History; Antiquities -- Analysis; Social archaeology; Ethnoarchaeology; Archaeology and history; Environmental archaeology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Origins and the four strategies of behavioral archaeology; title: Conceptual foundations; title: Archaeological inference; title: Cultural formation processes; title: Noncultural (environmental) formation processes; title: Identifying formation processes; title: Building chronologies : a Hohokam case study; title: The archaeological process; title: Research on technology : history and overview; title: Studying technological change / with James M. Skibo; title: Ceramic surface treatments and cooking pot performance; title: Folk theories and scientific theories : the case of the early electric automobile; title: Long-term technological competitions; title: Technological differentiation; title: Differential adoption and the electric lighthouse; title: The cascade model of invention processes; title: The "new" behavioral archaeology; title: Ritual and religion / Kacy L. Hollenback; title: A behavioral theory of meaning / with the assistance of Andrea R. Miller; title: The materiality of social power / with William H. Walker; title: Landscapes / Kacy L. Hollenback.