Guy Gibbon is a professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of a number of books, including Anthropological Archaeology (Columbia University Press), Explanation in Archaeology (Blackwell), and The Sioux (Blackwell).
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Contents Introduction Part One: Foundations 1. What Kind of Archaeology Is It? 2.What Kind of Investigation Is It? 3. What Are the Issue and the Claim? 4.What Is the Argument? 5. What Are the Assumptions? 6. Is the Writing Clear? 7.Are (Deceptive) Rhetorical Devices Used? 8.Is There a Fallacy in the Reasoning? 9.Are There Skeptical Postmodern Themes in the Argument? Part Two: From Observations to Population Estimates 10.Are Facts Clearly Distinguished from Opinions and Other Claims? 11.How Are the Observations Summarized? 12.Is There an Inductive Argument? 13.Is There a Population Estimate from a Sample? Part Three: Interpreting the Archaeological Record 14.Is There a Theory in My Reading? 15.Which Research Program Is My Reading an Example Of? 16.Is an Explanation Offered? 17.Is There a Causal Argument? Part Four: Evaluating Interpretations of the Archaeological Record 18.Are Deductively Valid Conclusions Drawn? 19.Are Concepts Given Archaeological Interpretations? 20.Are the Conclusions Reasonable? Coda: Is Critical Reading Worth the Effort? Notes Bibliography Index About the Author
Contents Introduction Part One: Foundations 1. What Kind of Archaeology Is It? 2.What Kind of Investigation Is It? 3. What Are the Issue and the Claim? 4.What Is the Argument? 5. What Are the Assumptions? 6. Is the Writing Clear? 7.Are (Deceptive) Rhetorical Devices Used? 8.Is There a Fallacy in the Reasoning? 9.Are There Skeptical Postmodern Themes in the Argument? Part Two: From Observations to Population Estimates 10.Are Facts Clearly Distinguished from Opinions and Other Claims? 11.How Are the Observations Summarized? 12.Is There an Inductive Argument? 13.Is There a Population Estimate from a Sample? Part Three: Interpreting the Archaeological Record 14.Is There a Theory in My Reading? 15.Which Research Program Is My Reading an Example Of? 16.Is an Explanation Offered? 17.Is There a Causal Argument? Part Four: Evaluating Interpretations of the Archaeological Record 18.Are Deductively Valid Conclusions Drawn? 19.Are Concepts Given Archaeological Interpretations? 20.Are the Conclusions Reasonable? Coda: Is Critical Reading Worth the Effort? Notes Bibliography Index About the Author
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