Style, society, and person : archaeological and ethnological perspectives /
Style, Society, and Person integrates the diverse current and past understandings of the causes of style in material culture. It comprehensively surveys the many factors that cause style; reviews theories that address these factors; builds and tests a unifying framework for integrating the theories;...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Plenum Press,
[1995]
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| Series: | Interdisciplinary contributions to archaeology.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Style, Society, and Person integrates the diverse current and past understandings of the causes of style in material culture. It comprehensively surveys the many factors that cause style; reviews theories that address these factors; builds and tests a unifying framework for integrating the theories; and illustrates the framework with detailed analyses of archaeological and ethnographic data ranging from simple to complex societies. Archaeologists, sociocultural anthropologists, and educators will appreciate the unique unifying approach this book takes to developing style theory. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 480 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781489910974 (electronic bk.) 1489910972 (electronic bk.) |