Behavioral archaeology principles and practice / Michael Brian Schiffer ; with the assistance of Kacy L. Hollenback and contributions by Kacy L. Hollenback, James M. Skibo and William H. Walker.
| Author/creator | Schiffer, Michael B., 1947- |
| Other author | Hollenback, Kacy L. |
| Other author | Skibo, James M. |
| Other author | Walker, William H., 1964- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | London ; Oakville [Conn.] : Equinox Pub., 2010. |
| Description | x, 220 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Equinox handbooks in anthropological archaeology Equinox handbooks in anthropological archaeology. ^A1039295 |
| Contents | Origins and the four strategies of behavioral archaeology -- Conceptual foundations -- Archaeological inference -- Cultural formation processes -- Noncultural (environmental) formation processes -- Identifying formation processes -- Building chronologies : a Hohokam case study -- The archaeological process -- Research on technology : history and overview -- Studying technological change / with James M. Skibo -- Ceramic surface treatments and cooking pot performance -- Folk theories and scientific theories : the case of the early electric automobile -- Long-term technological competitions -- Technological differentiation -- Differential adoption and the electric lighthouse -- The cascade model of invention processes -- The "new" behavioral archaeology -- Ritual and religion / Kacy L. Hollenback -- A behavioral theory of meaning / with the assistance of Andrea R. Miller -- The materiality of social power / with William H. Walker -- Landscapes / Kacy L. Hollenback. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2009021297 |
| ISBN | 9781845532871 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 1845532872 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 9781845532888 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 1845532880 (pbk.) |