Archaeology of Urban America: The Search for Pattern and Process
- ISBN-10
- 1483299333
- ISBN-13
- 9781483299334
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 468
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-05-19
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Author
- Roy S. Dickens
Description
Archaeology of Urban America: The Search for Pattern and Process is composed of three parts, namely, Strategies and Methods; Site Formation, Structure, and Pattern; and Artifact Analysis and Interpretation. The Strategies and Methods section centers on the general questions asked by urban archaeologists, as well as on the ways they design their research to elucidate those questions. The Site Formation, Structure, and Pattern section is generally comprised of chapters classified as ""test cases"" emphasizing the approaches, interpretation, and even direct extension of larger research designs. Lastly, the Artifact Analysis and Interpretation section deals with intersite and intrasite patterning of artifact assemblages, as well as with specific class of artifacts. This material will help stimulate a dialogue among archaeologists who have chosen the American city as their subject. This book will also be useful to urban sociologists, economists, cultural anthropologists, and historians.
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- 1982
- 468 pages
- Paperback
- Academic Press
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