Archaeologists have been developing artifact typologies to understand cultural categories. This book examines these attempts to systematize the cultural domains in premodern societies through a historical study of pottery typologies. It offers a methodology for producing classifications that are salient to the cultural groups that produced them. Num Pages: 363 pages, illus. BIC Classification: HDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 724. . 2010. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Artifact Classification: A Conceptual and Methodological Approach
Publisher: Left Coast Press
Publication Date: 2010
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1598741020
ISBN 13: 9781598741025
Binding: Hardcover
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Archaeologists have been developing artifact typologies to understand cultural categories for as long as the discipline has existed. Dwight Read examines these attempts to systematize the cultural domains in premodern societies through a historical study of pottery typologies. He then offers a methodology for producing classifications that are both salient to the cultural groups that produced them and relevant for establishing cultural categories and timelines for the archaeologist attempting to understand the relationship between material culture and ideational culture of ancient societies. This volume is valuable to upper level students and professional archaeologists across the discipline.

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