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Archaeology On The Threshold: Studies In The Processes Of Change, Hardcover - Joseph D. Wardle

About The These case studies examine and shed light on assumptions regarding thelinearity and oscillations of adaptations, with intriguing implications forarchaeological inferences.New perspectives on transitions in humanhistory Thisbook is about transitional periods of cultural and environmental change as seenthrough the lenses of archaeology and ethnography. Questionsof causality are considered, as are hypotheses about the processes of culturalchange. Incorporating data fromacross six continents and tracing the human experience from the LatePleistocene to the present, these chapters offer a global comparative perspectiveon transitional states

These case studies examine and shed light on assumptions regarding thelinearity and oscillations of adaptations, with intriguing implications forarchaeological inferences.Book specifications:Dimensions: 229 x 152Author: Joseph D. Questionsof causality are considered, as are hypotheses about the processes of culturalchange.Archaeology on theThresholdfocuses on major transitions such as the shift from foraging to agriculture, the adoption of new technologies, the emergence of large-scale societies, thetransition from egalitarian to inegalitarian leadership, and changes that occurin socioeconomic and ideological systems as a result of climate change anddisease. Challenging archaeologists to query long-heldassumptions and theoretical positions, this volume aims to refocus inquiry intochange-causing and larger evolutionary processes to problematize notions ofrevolutionary, irrevocable change. WardleCover type: HardcoverPublishing Year: 2022Publishing Month: 12Pages: 314Language: EnglishPublisher: University Press of FloridaWeight: 590 g Incorporating data fromacross six continents and tracing the human experience from the LatePleistocene to the present, these chapters offer a global comparative perspectiveon transitional states. Methodologies include ethnoarchaeology, the useof ethnographic analogy, cross-cultural comparisons and large-scale data approaches, oral history, thehistorical record, participant observation, and focus group discussions. New perspectives on transitions in humanhistory Thisbook is about transitional periods of cultural and environmental change as seenthrough the lenses of archaeology and ethnography. Theoretical approaches range from processual to postprocessual, humanistic, and interpretive.

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