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Archaeology as History

Telling Stories from a Fragmented Past

By: Catherine J. Frieman

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Archaeology as History

Telling Stories from a Fragmented Past

By: Catherine J. Frieman

This Element volume focuses on how archaeologists construct narratives of past people and environments from the complex and fragmented archaeological record. In keeping with its position in a series of historiography, it considers how we make meaning from things and places, with an emphasis on changing practices over time and the questions archaeologists have and can ask of the archaeological record. It aims to provide readers with a reflexive and comprehensive overview of what it is that archaeologists do with the archaeological record, how that translates into specific stories or narratives about the past, and the limitations or advantages of these when trying to understand past worlds. The goal is to shift the reader's perspective of archaeology away from seeing it as a primarily data gathering field, to a clearer understanding of how archaeologists make and use the data they uncover.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009059505

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An archaeology of innovation

Approaching social and technological change in human society

By: Catherine J. Frieman

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An archaeology of innovation

Approaching social and technological change in human society

By: Catherine J. Frieman

An archaeology of innovation is the first monograph-length investigation of innovation and the innovation process from an archaeological perspective. It interrogates the idea of innovation that permeates our popular media and our political and scientific discourse, setting this against the long-term perspective that only archaeology can offer. Case studies span the entire breadth of human history, from our earliest hominin ancestors to the contemporary world. The book argues that the present narrow focus on pushing the adoption of technical innovations ignores the complex interplay of social, technological and environmental systems that underlies truly innovative societies; the inherent connections between new technologies, technologists and social structure that give them meaning and make them valuable; and the significance and value of conservative social practices that lead to the frequent rejection of innovations.

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Manchester University Press

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1526132672

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An archaeology of innovation

Approaching social and technological change in human society

By: Catherine J. Frieman

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Approaching social and technological change in human society

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Archaeology as History

Archaeology as History

An archaeology of innovation

An archaeology of innovation

An archaeology of innovation

An archaeology of innovation

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