基本説明
An internationally distinguished roster of contributors considers the state of the art of the discipline of archaeology at the turn of the 21st century and charts an ambitious agenda for the future.
Full Description
An internationally distinguished roster of contributors considers the state of the art of the discipline of archaeology at the turn of the 21st century and charts an ambitious agenda for the future. The chapters address a wide range of topics including paradigms, practice, and relevance of the discipline; paleoanthropology; fully modern humans; holocene hunter-gatherers; the transition to food and craft production; social inequality; warfare; state and empire formation; and the uneasy relationship between classical and anthropological archaeology.
Contents
Archaeology at the Millennium: Of Paradigms and Practice.- An Aspect of Archaeology's Recent Past and Its Relevance in the New Millennium.- First Hominids to Complex Hunter-Gatherers.- Paleoanthropology at the Millennium.- Fully Modern Humans.- Holocene Hunter-Gatherers.- The Transition from Hunter-Gatherers to Agricultural Villages.- The Transition to Food Production.- Richman, Poorman, Beggarman, Chief: The Dynamics of Social Inequality.- Craft Production Systems.- Warfare and the Evolution of Culture.- The Rise of Archaic States.- Understanding Ancient State Societies in the Old World.- State Formation in the New World.- Classical Archaeology and Anthropological Archaeology in North America: A Meeting of Minds at the Millennium?.- Empires.- Conclusion.- The Archaeology of the Future.
