Handbook of archaeological theories / edited by R. Alexander Bentley, Herbert D.G. Maschner, and Christopher Chippindale.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction : on archeaological theories / R. Alexander Bentley and Herbert D.G. Maschner -- Culture history : a culture-historical approach / Gary S. Webster -- Processualism and after / Patty Jo Watson -- Ecology in archaeology / David R. Yesner -- Classical art and the grand tour / David W.J. Gill -- Marxism / Randall H. McGuire -- Agency / Andrew Gardner -- Darwinian archaeologies / R. Alexander Bentley ... [et al.] -- Post-processual archaeology and after / Michael Shanks -- History and continental approaches / John Bintliff -- Latin American archaeology in history and practice / Tom D. Dillehay -- Cultural anthropology and archaeology : theoretical dialogues / Timothy Earle -- Evolutionary biological methods and cultural data / Mark Collard ... [et al.] -- Archaeology and the origins of language families / Peter Bellwood -- Complexity theory / R. Alexander Bentley and Herbert D.G. Maschner -- Simulating society / Andre Costopolous -- Mind / Liana Gabora -- Materiality / Timothy Taylor -- Ethnicity : theoretical approaches, methodological implications / Siân Jones -- Gender / Kelley Ann Hays-Gilpin -- Philosophy in archaeology / Stephanie Koerner and Steven Price -- Cultural resource management / Thomas J. Green -- Archaeology and society / Gillian Wallace -- Archaeological ethics in context and practice / Don D. Fowler, Edward A. Jolie, and Marion W. Salter -- Toward a postcolonial archaeology of indigenous Australia / Ian J. McNiven and Lynette Russell -- Hunters and gatherers / Peter Jordan -- The origins and spread of agriculture / Mark Pluciennuk and Marek Zvelebil -- The archaeology of rank / Kenneth M. Ames -- Chiefdoms / Alex W. Barker -- The rise of the state / Reinhard Bernbeck -- Religion / David S. Whitley.

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This handbook, a companion to the authoritative Handbook of Archaeological Methods, gathers original, authoritative articles from leading archaeologists on all aspects of the latest thinking about archaeological theory. It is the definitive resource for understanding how to think about archaeology.

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