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The quality of the archaeological record
Archaeologists routinely interpret the archaeological record in terms of microscale processes - individual-level processes that operate within the human lifespan. In embracing this goal, archaeologists have borrowed an agenda designed by, and for, disciplines that study humans in the present-time an...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago
: The University of Chicago Press
, 2020
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| Series: | Chicago scholarship online
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| Online Access: | http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/upso-ebooks-altertum/chicago.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.7208/chicago/9780226631011.001.0001/upso-9780226630823 |
| Author Notes: | Charles Perreault |
| E-Book Packages: | Oxford University Press : University Press Scholarship Online / Archaeology |
| Summary: | Archaeologists routinely interpret the archaeological record in terms of microscale processes - individual-level processes that operate within the human lifespan. In embracing this goal, archaeologists have borrowed an agenda designed by, and for, disciplines that study humans in the present-time and use data with a quality that is orders of magnitude different than archaeological data. By forcing such an agenda on the record, archaeologists are offering explanations for the human past that are merely consistent with the record, instead of being supported beyond a reasonable doubt by a smoking gun. As a result, their research suffers from an inordinate equifinality. This text addresses this problem by developing a theory of the various pathways leading to equifinality and underdetermination |
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| Item Description: | Previously issued in print: 2019 Includes bibliographical references and index Zielgruppe - Audience: Specialized |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource illustrations (black and white) |
| ISBN: | 9780226631011 |
