Evidential Reasoning in Archaeology

by Robert W. Chapman, Alison Wylie, Robert Chapman

Book Overview

How do archaeologists work with the data they identify as a record of the cultural past? How are these data collected and construed as evidence? What is the impact on archaeological practice of new techniques of data recovery and analysis, especially those imported from the sciences?

To answer these questions, the authors identify close-to-the-ground principles of best practice based on an analysis of examples of evidential reasoning in archaeology...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350066869
• ISBN13: 9781350066861
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"