Measuring Time with Artifacts : A History of Methods in American Archaeology /

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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.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Indians of North America > Antiquities.
Chronometers > United States > History.
Time measurements.
Archaeology > United States > Methodology.
Archaeology > Research > United States.
Electronic books.
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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