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Advances in archaeological method and theory. Volume 10 /

Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Schiffer, Michael B. (Michael Brian), 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Diego : Academic Press, [1987]
Colección:Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. The Formation of Ethnographic Collections: The Smithsonian Institution in the American Southwest; INTRODUCTION; PRINCIPLES OF MUSEUM COLLECTING; COLLECTING AT THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION; WHY THE COLLECTIONS WERE MADE; EFFECTS ON NATIVE MATERIAL CULTURE INVENTORIES; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; APPENDIX: ACCESSIONED OBJECTS COLLECTED BY SELECTED BAE EXPEDITIONS, 1879-1904; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Colonization of Islands by Humans: A Biogeographical Perspective; INTRODUCTION
  • THE WORLDWIDE HISTORY OF ISLAND COLONIZATION BY HUMANSISLAND GEOMETRICAL PROPERTIES RELEVANT TO COLONIZATION; COLONIZATION: ACCIDENTAL OR PURPOSEFUL?; COMPETITION; THE PHASES OF A COLONIZATION; ARCHAEOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS OF BIOGEOGRAPHICAL PRINCIPLES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Shellfish Gathering and Shell Midden Archaeology; INTRODUCTION; SHELLFISH GATHERING IN PRACTICE AND THEORY; MOLLUSCAN EXPLOITATIVE STRATEGIES; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION AND INTERPRETATION OF SHELL MIDDENS; SHELL MIDDEN ZOOARCHAEOLOGY; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES
  • Chapter 4. Formation Processes of the Archaeobotanical RecordINTRODUCTION; PRESERVATION ENVIRONMENTS; PRESERVATION BY CARBONIZATION; APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING DIFFERENTIAL PRESERVATION; CULTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE ARCHAEOBOTANICAL RECORD; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSFORMATION PROCESSES; ANALYTICAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE DATA BASE; CLOSING THOUGHTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. Archaeofaunas and Butchery Studies: A Taphonomic Perspective; INTRODUCTION; EARLY ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES AND GOALS; IDENTIFYING TAPHONOMIC AGENTS; BUTCHERING PATTERNS
  • A TAPHONOMIC APPROACH TO THE ANALYSIS OF BUTCHERINGAN EXAMPLE; THOUGHTS ON THE FUTURE; CLOSING REMARKS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; APPENDIX: Paradigmatic Classification off Faunal Processing Marks; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. Bioarchaeological Interpretations of Subsistence Economy and Behavior from Human Skeletal Remains; INTRODUCTION; HEALTH AND DISEASE IN THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL PAST; ACTIVITY PATTERNS IN THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL PAST; CHANGING DIRECTIONS IN BIOARCHAEOLOGY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Index