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Archaeological Theory in Practice 2nd Edition

by Patricia Urban (Author), Edward Schortman (Author)
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Many students view archaeological theory as a subject distinct from field research. This division is reinforced by the way theory is taught, often in stand-alone courses that focus more on logic and reasoning than on the application of ideas to fieldwork. Divorcing thought from action does not convey how archaeologists go about understanding the past.

This book bridges the gap between theory and practice by looking in detail at how the authors and their colleagues used theory to interpret what they found while conducting research in northwest Honduras. This is not a linear narrative. Rather, the book highlights the open-ended nature of archaeological investigations in which theories guide research whose findings may challenge these initial interpretations and lead in unexpected directions. Pursuing those novel investigations requires new theories that are themselves subject to refutation by newly gathered data. The central case study is the writers’ work in Honduras. The interrelations of fieldwork, data, theory, and interpretation are also illustrated with two long-running archaeological debates, the emergence of inequality in southern Mesopotamia and inferring the ancient meanings of Stonehenge.

The book is of special interest to undergraduate Anthropology/Archaeology majors and first- and second-year graduate students, along with anyone interested in how archaeologists convert the static materials we find into dynamic histories of long-vanished people.

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  3. Edition
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  4. Publication date
    February 6, 2019
  5. Language
    English
  6. Dimensions
    6 x 0.87 x 9 inches
  7. Print length
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I have used a number of different books when teaching archaeological theory, and have found my students learn the material better when I use Archaeological Theory in Practice. Urban and Schortman make theory accessible to students in two complementary ways. First, they provide examples of how archaeologists may approach the same evidence (Stonehenge or the Southern Mesopotamian State) from different theoretical perspectives, highlighting differences in their questions, methods and interpretations. Second, through the in-depth example of their own long-term research in the Naco Valley, Urban and Schortman provide valuable insights into how their theoretical perspective, and methodological approaches, evolved through time as more data were collected. Students especially appreciate hearing about the practical decisions and challenges the authors faced along the way. Their insights are superbly and concisely summarized in the final chapter of the book.

Kristine Bovy, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, University of Rhode Island

About the Author

Pat first fell in love with Archaeology when neighbors gifted her a book about Mesopotamia. She went on to study Anthropology and Archaeology at Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania. She has been directing research in Honduras since 1975 where she has pursued her love of ancient ceramics, making maps, excavating, and theory dealing with structuration, inequality, the state, and craft production. Due to her parents’ move to Panama and her teaching responsibilities for more than three decades at Kenyon, she has also studied Mexican and Central American ethnography and history from the European arrival to the present day.

Ed’s interest in Archaeology was sparked by his first dig in Winchester, England in 1970. Graduating with a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, Ed has been directing with Pat Urban and other colleagues, research in northwestern Honduras since 1983. Ed has taught Anthropology and Archaeology at Kenyon College since 1981 and continues to pursue research interests that include social network analyses, the roots of inequality, and interregional interaction.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Routledge; 2nd edition (February 6, 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 366 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1138202800
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1138202801
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.17 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.87 x 9 inches
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