Archaeological Thought in America

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Introduction C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky
Part I. History, Method and Theory:
1. History and contemporary American archaeology: a critical analysis Bruce G. Trigger
2. Aspects of the application of evolutionary theory in archaeology Robert C. Dunnell
3. The 'New Archaeology', then and now Lewis R, Binford
4. Marxism in American archaeology Antonio Gilman
5. Formal approaches in archaeology George L. Cowgill
6. Ideology and evolutionism in American archaeology: looking beyond the economic base Arthur A. Demarest
7. The present and the future of hunter-gatherers studies John E. Yellen
8. Paleopathology and the interpretation of economic change in prehistory Mark C. Cohen
Part II. Archaeology in the Americas and Beyond:
9. The structural analysis of Paleolithic art Margaret W. Conkey
10. Ancient China and its anthropological significance Kwang-Chih Chang
11. Settlement pattern studies and evidences for intensive agriculture in the Maya Lowlands Gordon R. Willey
12. The political economy of the Inka empire: the archaeology of power and finance Timothy K. Early and Terence N. D'Altroy
13. An epigenetic view of the Harappan culture W. A. Fairservis
14. The use and abuse of world systems theory: the case of the 'pristine' West Asian state Philip L. Kohl
15. Mesopotamia, Central Asia and the Indus Valley: so the Kings were killed C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky
16. New tracks on ancient frontiers: ceramic technology on the Indo-Iranian Borderlands Rita P. Wright
17. Pastoralism and the early state in Greater Mesopotamia Allen Zagarell
References
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