Archaeology as History by Catherine J Frieman

Archaeology as History by Catherine J Frieman

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This Element aims to provide readers with a reflexive and comprehensive overview of what it is that archaeologists do. The goal is to shift the reader's perspective of archaeology away from seeing it as a primarily data gathering field, to a clearer understanding of how archaeologists make and use the data they uncover.

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Archaeology as History by Catherine J Frieman

This Element volume focuses on how archaeologists construct narratives of past people and environments from the complex and fragmented archaeological record. In keeping with its position in a series of historiography, it considers how we make meaning from things and places, with an emphasis on changing practices over time and the questions archaeologists have and can ask of the archaeological record. It aims to provide readers with a reflexive and comprehensive overview of what it is that archaeologists do with the archaeological record, how that translates into specific stories or narratives about the past, and the limitations or advantages of these when trying to understand past worlds. The goal is to shift the reader's perspective of archaeology away from seeing it as a primarily data gathering field, to a clearer understanding of how archaeologists make and use the data they uncover.
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ISBN 13 9781009055567
ISBN 10 1009055569
Title Archaeology as History
Author Catherine J Frieman
Series Elements In Historical Theory And Practice
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Year published 2023-08-24
Number of pages 75
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