Measuring time with artifacts : a history of methods in American archaeology /

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Combining historical research with a lucid explication of archaeological methodology and reasoning, Measuring Time with Artifacts examines the origins and changing use of fundamental chronometric techniques and procedures and analyzes the different ways American archaeologists have studied changes i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lyman, R. Lee
Otros Autores: O'Brien, Michael J. (Michael John), 1950-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2006.
Temas:
Archaeology > Research > United States.
Archaeology > United States > Methodology.
Time measurements.
Chronometers > United States > History.
Indians of North America > Antiquities.
Archéologie > Recherche > États-Unis.
Archéologie > États-Unis > Méthodologie.
Temps > Mesure.
Chronomètres > États-Unis > Histoire.
Peuples autochtones > Amérique du Nord > Antiquités.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
Archaeology > Methodology
Archaeology > Research
Chronometers
Indians of North America > Antiquities
Time measurements
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ontology
  • The concept of evolution in early twentieth-century American archaeology
  • The epistemology of measurement units
  • Cultural traits as units of analysis in early twentieth-century anthropology
  • Chronometers and units in early archaeology and paleontology
  • A.L. Kroeber and the measurement of time's arrow and time's cycle
  • Time, space, and marker types in James Ford's 1936 chronology for the lower Mississippi Valley
  • The epistemology of chronometers
  • The direct historical approach
  • American stratigraphic excavation
  • Graphic depictions of culture change
  • Artifact classification and artifact-based chronometry.

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