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Archaeology --- Social archaeology --- Archaeology. --- Social archaeology. --- Social Sciences --- Archeology --- Anthropology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- History --- Antiquities --- Methodology

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Stanley South has been a leading figure not only in historical archaeology but also a leading figure in anthropological archaeology as well. His work (both past and present) has put him in the forefront of monumental changes in American archaeology in the last 40 years. His personal perseverance in field archaeology has also been an inspiration to new and burgeoning archaeologists and anthropologists. An Archaeological Evolution is a personal recounting of his life as it is played out among some of the most important debates and movements in archaeology starting in the 1960's up to the 21st century. This seminal volume will be of interest to archaeologists (both professional and academic), anthropologists, historians, and conservators in or studying the United States but also, wherever archaeology is taught and practiced.

Archaeologists --- South, Stanley A. --- South Carolina --- North Carolina --- Antiquities. --- Historians --- South, Stanley --- Archaeology. --- Archeology --- Anthropology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- History --- Antiquities

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Archaeological theory has gone through a great upheaval in the last 50 years – from the processual theory, which wanted to make archaeology more "scientific" to post-processual theory, which understands that interpreting human behavior (even of past cultures) is a subjective study. This subjective approach incorporates a plurality of readings, thereby implying that different interpretations are always possible, allowing us to modify and change our ideas under the light of new information and/or interpretive frameworks. In this way, interpretations form a continuous flow of transformation and change, and thus archaeologists do not uncover a real past but rather construct a historical past or a narrative of the past. Post-processual theory also incorporates a conscious and explicit political interest on the past of the scholar and the subject. This includes fields and topics such as gender issues, ethnicity, class, landscapes, and consumption. This reflects a conscious attempt to also decentralize the discipline, from an imperialist point of view to an empowering one. Method and theory also means being politically aware and engaged to incorporate diverse critical approaches to improve understanding of the past and the present. This book focuses on the fundamental theoretical issues found in the discipline and thus both engages and represents the very rich plurality of the post-processual approach to archaeology. The book is divided into four sections: Issues in Archaeological Theory, Archaeological Theory and Method in Action, Space and Power in Material Culture, and Images as Material Discourse.

Archaeology. --- Material culture. --- Ethnology. --- Archeology --- Anthropology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- History --- Antiquities --- Cultural anthropology --- Ethnography --- Races of man --- Social anthropology --- Human beings --- Culture --- Folklore --- Technology --- Anthropology. --- Primitive societies --- Social sciences

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This book is a fully updated and revised edition of William Andrefsky Jr's ground-breaking manual on lithic analysis. Designed for students and professional archaeologists, this highly illustrated book explains the fundamental principles of the measurement, recording and analysis of stone tools and stone tool production debris. Introducing the reader to lithic raw materials, classification, terminology and key concepts, it comprehensively explores methods and techniques, presenting detailed case studies of lithic analysis from around the world. It examines new emerging techniques, such as the advances being made in lithic debitage analysis and lithic tool analysis, and includes a new section on stone tool functional studies. An extensive and expanded glossary makes this book an invaluable reference for archaeologists at all levels.

Tools, Prehistoric --- Stone implements --- Flintknapping. --- Flint knapping --- Knapping of flint --- Rock craft --- Flint implements --- Lithic implements --- Implements, utensils, etc. --- Debitage --- Implements, Prehistoric --- Implements, utensils, etc., Prehistoric --- Prehistoric implements --- Prehistoric tools --- Analysis. --- Classification. --- Social Sciences --- Archeology