In this Book
- Thinking from Things: Essays in the Philosophy of Archaeology
- Book
- 2002
- Published by: University of California Press
summary
In this long-awaited compendium of new and newly revised essays, Alison Wylie explores how archaeologists know what they know. Examining the history and methodology of Anglo-American archaeology, Wylie puts the tumultuous debates of the last thirty years in historical and philosophical perspective.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. xvii-xviii
- Part Two. How New is the New Archaeology, and Other Historical Essays
- 1. How New Is the New Archaeology?
- pp. 25-41
- 2. The Typology Debate
- pp. 42-56
- 5. Arguments for Scientific Realism
- pp. 97-105
- 6. Between Philosophy and Archaeology
- pp. 106-114
- Part Three. Interpretive Dilemmas: Crisis Arguments in the New Archaeology
- 7. The Interpretive Dilemma
- pp. 117-126
- 9. The Reaction against Analogy
- pp. 136-153
- Part Four. On Being “Empirical” but not “Narrowly Empiricist”
- Part Five. Issues of Accountability
- References Cited
- pp. 293-322
- Names Index
- pp. 323-326
- Subject Index
- pp. 327-339
- Production Notes
- p. 359
Additional Information
ISBN
9780520935402
Related ISBN(s)
9780520223608
MARC Record
OCLC
475928858
Pages
357
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
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