In this long-awaited compendium of new and newly revised essays, Alison Wylie explores how archaeologists know what they know. Examining the history and methodology of Anglo-American archaeology, Wylie puts the tumultuous debates of the last thirty years in historical and philosophical perspective.
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"Original, scholarly, and creative. This book is for anyone who wants to understand contemporary archaeological theory, how it came to be as it is, its relationship with other disciplines, and its prospects for the future."-Merrilee Salmon, author of Philosophy and Archaeology
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"No other work in this field covers the history of important conceptual issues in archaeology in such a deep and knowledgable way, bringing both philosophical and archeological sophistication to bear on all of the issues treated. Wylie's work in Thinking from Things is original, scholarly, and creative. This book is for anyone who wants to understand contemporary archaeological theory, how it came to be as it is, its relationship with other disciplines, and its prospects for the future."--Merrilee Salmon, author of Philosophy and Archaeology
"Wylie is a reasonable and astute thinker who lucidly and persuasively makes genuinely constructive criticisms of archaeological thought and practice and very useful suggestions for how to proceed. She commands both philisophy and archaeology to an unusual degree. Having her articles together in Thinking from Things, with much new material extending and integrating them, is a major contribution that will be widely welcomed among archaeologists--both professionals and students, philosophers and historians of science, and social scientists."--George L. Cowgill, Arizona State University
"Wylie is a reasonable and astute thinker who lucidly and persuasively makes genuinely constructive criticisms of archaeological thought and practice and very useful suggestions for how to proceed. She commands both philisophy and archaeology to an unusual degree. Having her articles together in Thinking from Things, with much new material extending and integrating them, is a major contribution that will be widely welcomed among archaeologists--both professionals and students, philosophers and historians of science, and social scientists."--George L. Cowgill, Arizona State University
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Despite earthbound appearances, archeology has always been a deeply philosophical discipline, or so I will ague. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
postprocessual critics, ethnohistoric contexts, new archaeologists, linguistic macrofamilies, systematize observables, typology debates, horizontal independence, deductivist ideals, interfield theories, surviving material record, actualistic research, artifact physics, archaeologists exploit, descriptive systematization, archaeological critics, linguistic replacement, traditional archaeology, new archaeology, salvage principle, anthropological goals, commercial salvors, paradigm dependence, corrosive relativism, empiricist presuppositions, formal variability Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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postprocessual critics, ethnohistoric contexts, new archaeologists, linguistic macrofamilies, systematize observables, typology debates, horizontal independence, deductivist ideals, interfield theories, surviving material record, actualistic research, artifact physics, archaeologists exploit, descriptive systematization, archaeological critics, linguistic replacement, traditional archaeology, new archaeology, salvage principle, anthropological goals, commercial salvors, paradigm dependence, corrosive relativism, empiricist presuppositions, formal variability Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North American, Lewis Binford, Native Americans, United States, World War, First Nations, Merrilee Salmon, National Geographic, Star Carr, Ban Chiang, Bronze Age, Vienna Circle, Patty Jo Watson, Vargas Arenas, Eastern Woodlands, Middle Virginia, Midwestern Taxonomic Method New!
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- Archaeology and Language: The Puzzle of Indo-European Origins by Colin Renfrew in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Patterns of Discovery: An Inquiry into the Conceptual Foundations of Science by Norwood Russell Hanson on page 7, and Back Matter
- New Perspectives in Archaeology by Sally R. Binford in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Critical Traditions in Contemporary Archaeology: Essays in the Philosophy, History and Socio-politics of Archaeology (New Directions in Archaeology) by Valerie Pinsky in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Integrating Scientific Disciplines: Case Studies from the Life Sciences (Science and Philosophy) by W. Bechtel in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Archaeology: The Key Concepts (Routledge Key Guides) by Colin Renfrew on page 121, and page 218
- Practicing Ethnohistory: Mining Archives, Hearing Testimony, Constructing Narrative by Patricia Kay Galloway on page 28, and Back Matter
- Myths of the Archaic State: Evolution of the Earliest Cities, States, and Civilizations by Norman Yoffee in Back Matter
- The Archaeology of Liberty in an American Capital: Excavations in Annapolis by Mark Leone in Back Matter
- Archaeology and Modernity by Julian Thomas in Back Matter
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