02019nam a2200229Ia 4500 CTU_151870 210402s9999 xx 000 0 und d 2.99 973.101 W676 Wiley, Gordon R. Method and theory in American archaeology Gordon R. Wiley and Philip Philips Tuscaloosa The University of Allabama Press 2001 In 1958 Gordon R. Willey and Philip Phillips first published Method and Theory in American Archaeology - a volume that went through five printings, the last in 1967 at the height of what became known as the new, or processual, archaeology. The advent of processual archaeology, according to Willey and Phillips, represented a "theoretical debate...a question of whether archaeology should be the study of cultural history or the study of cultural process." Willey and Phillips suggested that little interpretation had taken place in American archaeology, and their book offered an analytical perspective; the methods they described and the structural framework they used for synthesizing American prehistory were all geared toward interpretation. Method and Theory served as the catalyst and primary reader on the topic for over a decade. This facsimile reprint edition of the original University of Chicago Press volume includes a new foreword by Gordon R. Willey, which outlines the state of American archaeology at the time of the original publication, and a new introduction by the editors to place the book in historical context. The bibliography is exhaustive. Academic libraries, students, professionals, and knowledgeable amateurs will welcome this new edition of a standard-maker among texts on American archaeology. Paleo-Indians,Archaeology,America,Người Paleo-Indians Antiquities America,America,Châu Mỹ Pham Thi Chuyen, Năm Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ