Archaeological Process; Author: Hodder, Ian; Paperback

Author: Hodder, Ian
Paperback; 50 Line Drawings, 20 Plates
256 pages
Published: January 1999
Blackwell Publishers
ISBN: 0631198857

This provocative overview examines the most important new school of archaeological thought and practice to have emerged over the last two decades. Written by a leading figure in the field of theoretically informed archaeology, the book provides an interpretation of the archaeological process, reassesses the origins and aims of archaeology, and outlines an innovative agenda for the future. The author argues for a plural and diverse perspective and for a new 'reflexive' methodology -- one that allows for the examination of material remains through a variety of linked, and explicitly stated, theoretical perspectives. This approach has implications not only for the interpretation of evidence, but for the kind of evidence that is sought in excavating, and the manner of its recoveringWritten from the standpoint of theoretically-informed archaeology, this text provides an interpretation of the archaeological process, reassessing the origins and aims of archaeology, and setting forth an agenda for the future.