Against Typological Tyranny in Archaeology A South American Perspective /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gnecco, Cristóbal (Editor), Langebaek, Carl (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Culture > Study and teaching.; Cultural heritage.; Archaeology.; Social Sciences.; Cultural Heritage.; Regional and Cultural Studies.

The papers in this book question the tyranny of typological thinking in archaeology through case studies from various South American countries (Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Argentina, and Brazil) and Antarctica. They aim to show that typologies are unavoidable (they are, after all, the way to creat...