Its always nice to see things coming back into print. But the blurb worries
me:
>"almost single-handedly influenced how today's scholars of >evolutionary archaeology
approach the archaeological record." It has >persisted as a classic in archaeology,
as useful today to the >professional and the graduate student as it was when
it was first >published in 1971. Its materials have not become dated nor have
they >been superceded by more recent treatments. This work remains a crucial
>foundation for knowledgeable application of systematics in archaeology.
If this is true, and the fundamental work on 'evolutionary archaeology' hasn't
changed since this book - then why has this approach to archaeology received
such substantial funding lately while more dynamic approaches are scraping by?
This book is interesting, but doesn't fit with any of the contemporary understandings
of either evolutionary theory or theories of culture - a classic example of
archaeology taking bits of other people's theoretical structures.
Surely it all must have moved forward!
Sarah
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