Material Evidence: Learning from Archaeological Practice

by Robert Chapman

Book Overview

How do archaeologists make effective use of physical traces and material culture as repositories of evidence?

Material Evidence takes a resolutely case-based approach to this question, exploring instances of exemplary practice, key challenges, instructive failures, and innovative developments in the use of archaeological data as evidence. The goal is to bring to the surface the wisdom of practice, teasing out norms of archaeological reasoning...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415837464
• ISBN13: 9780415837460
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 8.9"