Tim Murray (ed.)

Time and Archaeology

Herausgeber: Murray, Tim

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The concept of time is salient to all human affairs and can be understood in a variety of different ways. This pioneering collection is the first comprehensive survey of time and archaeology. It includes chapters from a broad, international range of contributors, which combine theoretical and empirical material. They illustrate and explore the diversity of archaeological approaches to time.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 413g
• ISBN-13: 9780415117623
• ISBN-10: 0415117623
• Artikelnr.: 21114813

Autorenporträt

Tim Murray is Professor of Archaeology at LaTrobe University, Melbourne, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction 1 A return to the 'Pompeii premise' 2 Indian and other
concepts of time: a holistic framework 3 Puranic time and the
archaeological record 4 German Romantic chronology and its impact on the
interpretation of prehistory 5 Keeping industrial time 6 Developing an
Indian stone age chronology 7 Appraising the urban future: an
archaeological time Perspective 8 The Hochdorf 'princely' grave and the
question of the nature of archaeological funerary assemblages 9 The times
of history: archaeology, narrative and non-linear causality