Book Details

Confronting Scale in Archaeology

Publication year: 2006

ISBN: 978-0-387-32773-0

Internet Resource: Please Login to download book


This book discusses the cultural, social and spatial aspects of scale and its impact on archaeology in practical and applicable cases. Each author takes one of the fundamental elements of archaeology - from the experience of time and space to the visualization of individuals, sites and landscapes to the intricacies of archaeological discourse - and shows how an awareness of scale can create new and exciting interpretations.


Subject: Humanities, Social Science and Law / Evaluation / archaeological analysis /archaeological practice / archaeological survey /artifacts / material culture