Analytical Archaeology

551 Pages·2014·28.21 MB·English

by  David L. Clarke

ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS:
ARCHAEOLOGY
Volume 13
ANALYTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
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ANALYTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
DAVID L. CLARKE
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Analytical
Archaeology
David L. Clarke
SECOND EDITION
revised by
BOB CHAPMAN
M ETHUEN & CO LTD
First published in 1968 by Methuen & Co Ltd
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This edition published 1978
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To my wife, Stella
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Contents
Foreword to the revised edition xi
Preface xv
Acknowledgements xix
1 Introduction and polemic 1
I The history of archaeology 2
II The nature of archaeology IO
ill The nature of archaeological data 13
IV The aims of archaeology 19
V Terminology, definition and meaning 23
VI Models 30
2 Culture systems - the model 42
I Systems theory, an outline 42
II A tentative general model 72
III Discussion 77
3 Cultural morphology and cultural
ecology - the setting 84
I The nature of cultural systems 85
II Culture as an information system 88
ill Culture as a system with subsystems 101
IV Environment as a system with subsystems 132
4 Material culture systems - attribute and artefact 149
I Introduction 149
II Attribute and artefact systems 152
ill Phase pattern regularities 162
IV Time pattern regularities 180
v System pattern regularities 195