Adrian Praetzellis provides a brief, readable introduction to contemporary theoretical models used in archaeology for the undergraduate or beginning graduate student. He demystifies a dozen flavors of contemporary theory for the theory-phobic reader, providing a short history of each, its application in archaeology, and an example of its use in recent work. The book: teaches about different contemporary archaeological theories including postcolonialism, neoevolutionism, materiality, and queer theoy is written in accessible language with key examples for each theory includes illustrations and cartoons by the author provides questions at the end of each chapter to facilitate discussion.
Author(s): Adrian Praetzellis
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2016
Language: English
Tags: Archaeological Theory
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 How Theory Works
Chapter 2 Neoevolutionism
Chapter 3 Marxism
Chapter 4 Critical Theory
Chapter 5 Postcolonalism
Chapter 6 Feminism
Chapter 7 Queer Theory
Chapter 8 Structuralism
Chapter 9 Agency, Structure, and Structuration
Chapter 10 Transgressive Archaeologies
Chapter 11 Archaeological Biography
Chapter 12 Phenomenology
Chapter 13 Materiality and Thing Theory
Chapter 14 The Next Big Thing, or Where Do We Go From Here?
Chapter 15 Parlez-vous Po-Mo? A Mostly Postmodern Phrasebook
Indexes
About the Author/Illustrator
