Science, Style and the Study of Community Structure: An Example from the Central Mississippi River Valley (British Archaeological Reports (BAR) International, 918)

Lipo, Carl P.

ISBN 10: 1841712167 / ISBN 13: 9781841712161

Published by Oxford, England : Archaeopress, Publishers of British Archaeological Reports, 2001

About this Item

x, 300 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm. The general purpose of this book is to help in the building and refining of theory and methods for studying the past. In one sense, empirical results about the past are by-products of theory construction, part of the iterative process in which we evaluate how well our explanatory system can account for the material world. This study presents just one part in the overall sequences of studies that address the processes that produce variability in stylistic frequencies. It is through this kind of continued experimentation that we will enjoy the fruit of knowledge building: archaeology as an historical science.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Science, Style and the Study of Community Structure: An Example from the Central Mississippi River Valley (British Archaeological Reports (BAR) International, 918)
• Publisher: Oxford, England : Archaeopress, Publishers of British Archaeological Reports
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841712167
• ISBN 13: 9781841712161
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Archaeology
  • Science

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Synopsis

In 1951 the Lower Mississippi River Valley Survey generated a large assemblage of ceramic material relating to prehistoric populations in the area. This study uses this and more recent data to assess and analyse the stylistic elements of the decorated ceramics in an attempt to reconstruct the transmission of stylistic traits and patterns of population movement and interaction in the past.

About the Author

Carl Philipp Lipo