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Cornelius, have you shared your review with Adrian? He'll enjoy reading your comments. Dan Cornelius Holtorf wrote: > Hi everybody > > just read a great new book which I thought I better tell you all about! > > It's Adrian Praetzellis (2000) Death by Theory. A tale of mystery and > archaeological theory. Altamira Press. 0-7425-0359-3 Pbk. costs $18 in USA > > This book is both a good narrative and an introduction to archaeological > theory. It is *very* well written, *highly* competent and insightful (but > without any jargon), *beautifully* illustrated, and *extremely* funny. What > more do you want? > > I wish there were more books like this that challenged the conventions of > archaeological writing and argument in such sophisticated ways. > Congratulations to Altamira Press for taking the risk that is necessarily > involved in printing such a book *and* selling it at such a good price. > These are the kind of publishers that actually move the discipline > forward... > > Anybody else on the list who read this book and liked (or disliked) it? > > Cornelius > > ----- > Cornelius Holtorf > University of Cambridge, Department of Archaeology > http://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/ch264/homepage.html