Andrew Jones, Jones James Andrew

Archaeological Theory and Scientific Practice

Herausgeber: Bradley, Richard

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Considers the divide between 'scientific' and 'theoretical' archaeology, and suggests that they are not necessarily conflicting.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 332g
• ISBN-13: 9780521793933
• ISBN-10: 0521793939
• Artikelnr.: 21000838

Autorenporträt

Andrew Jones is a Principal Engineer, author, and a Google Developer Expert. He has over 15 years' experience in the industry, with the first half primarily as a software engineer before moving into the data platform and data engineering space. He thinks a lot about how to build platforms - particularly data platforms - that drive the creation of business value. His work on building performant, efficient, and well governed data platforms that facilitate the production and consumption of quality data led him to coining and defining data contracts, and in 2023 he authored the seminal book on the topic, Driving Data Quality with Data Contracts. Andrew is a regular speaker and writer, and passionate about helping organizations get the most value from data.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The archaeology of 'two cultures'
2. Science as culture: creating interpretative networks
3. Archaeology observed
4. Materials, science and material culture: practice and narrative
5. Material culture and materials science: a biography of things
6. A biography of ceramics in Neolithic Orkney
7. Making people and things in the Neolithic: pots, food and history
8. Before and after science.