Comparative Archaeologies A Sociological View of the Science of the Past /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lozny, Ludomir R. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2011.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Anthropology.; Archaeology.; Sociology.; Social Sciences.; Sociology, general.

Archaeology, as with all of the social sciences, has always been characterized by competing theoretical propositions based on diverse bodies of locally acquired data. In order to fulfill local, regional expectations, different goals have been assigned to the practitioners of Archaeology in different...