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Social archaeology. --- Political anthropology.

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"Artifacts are hybrids, both natural and cultural. They are also an essential component in the context of human evolution. In recent years, a wide range of disciplines including cognitive science, sociology, art history, and anthropology have all grappled with the nature of artifacts, leading to the emergence of a renewed interdisciplinary focus on material culture. Artifacts: An Archaeological Perspective develops an argument for the artifact as a status conferred by human engagement with material. On this basis artifacts are considered first in terms of their relationship to concepts and cognitive functions and then to the physical body and sense of self. The book builds on and incorporates latest developments in archaeological research, particularly from the archaeology of human evolution, and integrates this wealth of new archaeological data with new research in fields such as cognitive science, haptics, and material culture studies. Artifacts: An Archaeological Perspective makes the latest research available for the general reader interested in material culture, whilst also providing archaeologists with new theoretical perspectives built on a synthesis of interdisciplinary research. The book was developed in the context of courses taught for both graduate and undergraduate students and is broadly accessible"--

Social archaeology. --- Tools, Prehistoric --- Antiquities, Prehistoric. --- Material culture.

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Social archaeology --- Burial --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Funeral rites and ceremonies --- Antiquities.

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Over the last thirty years, new scientific techniques have revolutionised our understanding of prehistoric economies. They enable a sound comprehension of human diet and subsistence in different environments, which is an essential framework for appreciating the rich tapestry of past human cultural variation. This volume first considers the origins of economic approaches in archaeology and the theoretical debates surrounding issues such as 'environmental determinism'. Using globally diverse examples, Alan K. Outram and Amy Bogaard critically investigate the best way to integrate newer lines of evidence such as ancient genetics, stable isotope analysis, organic residue chemistry and starch and phytolith studies with long-established forms of archaeobotanical and zooarchaeological data. Two case study chapters, on early Neolithic farming in Europe, and the origins of domestic horses and pastoralism in Central Asia, illustrate the benefit of a multi-proxy approach and how economic considerations feed into broader social and cultural questions.

Social archaeology --- Environmental archaeology --- Archaeology --- Economics, Prehistoric --- Economic prehistory --- Palaeoeconomics --- Palaeoeconomy --- Paleoeconomics --- Paleoeconomy --- Prehistoric economics --- Economic anthropology --- Archaeology, Environmental --- Methodology --- Social archaeology. --- Environmental archaeology. --- Economics, Prehistoric. --- Methodology.

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"This book is an introductory essay on archaeological theory. It tries to explain something of what 'theory' is, its relationship to archaeological practice, how it has developed within archaeology over the last few decades, and how archaeological thought relates to theory in the human sciences and the intellectual world generally"--

Archaeology --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology. --- Philosophy. --- Social archaeology --- Material culture --- Archaeology and history --- Ethnoarchaeology