People and Things A Behavioral Approach to Material Culture /

• Main Authors: Skibo, James M. (Author), Schiffer, Michael Brian (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Life sciences.; Anthropology.; Archaeology.; Social Sciences.; Life Sciences, general.

People and Things: A Behavioral Approach to Material Culture James M. Skibo, Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois, Normal, IL Michael B. Schiffer, Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ The core of archaeology is the relationship between people and things. Left w...

Table of Contents:

• People and Things: A Performance-Based Theory
• Behavior, Selection, Agency, Practice, and Beyond
• The Origins of Pottery on the Colorado Plateau
• Smudge Pits and Hide Smoking
• The Devil is in the Details
• Ritual Performance: Ball Courts and Religious Interaction
• Social Theory and History in Behavioral Archaeology: Gender, Social Class, and the Demise of the Early Electric Car
• Studying Technological Differentiation.