Method and Theory in American Archaeology (Classics Southeast Archaeology) by Gordon R. Willey; Philip Phillips; R. Lee Lyman; Michael J. O'Brien - 2001-02-14

University of Alabama Press, 2001. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 2001. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2". xiv, 269pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Faint musty smell to pages. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This invaluable classic provides the framework for the development of American archaeology during the last half of the 20th century. In 1958 Gordon R. Willey and Philip Phillips first published Method and Theory in American Archaeology a volume that went through five printings, the last in 1967 at the height of what became known as the new, or processual, archaeology. The advent of processual archaeology, according to Willey and Phillips, represented a "theoretical debate . . . a question of whether archaeology should be the study of cultural history or the study of cultural process." Willey and Phillips suggested that little interpretation had taken place in American archaeology, and their book offered an… Read More

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Paperback / softback. New. This is a facsimile reprint of a 1958 title. It outlines the state of American archaeology at that time. It suggests that little interpretation was taking in place in American Archaeology, and offered an analytical perspective.

Univ of Alabama Pr, 2001. Paperback. New. 384 pages. 8.25x5.25x1.00 inches.

University Alabama Press, 2001-02-14. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!