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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 June 2012
      06 February 2012
      ISBN:
      9780511845772
      9781107010260
      9780521279697
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511845772
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.54kg, 320 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.43kg, 322 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Archaeology, Archaeological Science
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    This book explores the diverse understandings of the archaeological record in both historical and contemporary perspective, while also serving as a guide to reassessing current views. Gavin Lucas argues that archaeological theory has become both too fragmented and disconnected from the particular nature of archaeological evidence. The book examines three ways of understanding the archaeological record - as historical sources, through formation theory and as material culture - then reveals ways to connect these three domains through a reconsideration of archaeological entities and archaeological practice. Ultimately, Lucas calls for a rethinking of the nature of the archaeological record and the kind of history and narratives written from it.

    Reviews

    'This is a bold book and worth reading by all theoretically minded scholars.'

    Source: European Journal of Archaeology

    ‘Lucas’s book brings a new complexity to the concept of the archaeological record.’

    R. Carl DeMuth Source: Canadian Journal of Archaeology

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