This book covers the historical relationship and contemporary interests of archaeology and anthropology, providing a much-needed introduction to the theories and methods of these interrelated subjects. Taking a broad historical approach, Chris Gosden examines the development of the disciplines during the colonial period and shows how the subjects are linked through their interest in kinship, economics and symbolism. The book goes on to discuss what each discipline contributes to debates about gender, material culture and globalism in the post-colonial world. "Archaeology and Anthropology" offers a unique and necessary survey of how these two fields inform and enrich each other's perspective on the diversity of human culture.
This book covers the historical relationship and contemporary interests of archaeology and anthropology, providing a much-needed introduction to the theories and methods of these interrelated subjects. Taking a broad historical approach, Chris Gosden examines the development of the disciplines during the colonial period and shows how the subjects are linked through their interest in kinship, economics and symbolism. The book goes on to discuss what each discipline contributes to debates about gender, material culture and globalism in the post-colonial world. "Archaeology and Anthropology" offers a unique and necessary survey of how these two fields inform and enrich each other's perspective on the diversity of human culture.
List of Plates List of Tables and Figures Preface Acknowledgements 1. Anthropological Archaeology and archaeological Anthropology Section 1. Histories 2. Colonial Origins 3. Instituting Archaeology and Anthropology: the Role of Fieldwork 4. Evolutionary, Social and Cultural Anthropology 5. The Post-War Picture: Neo-Evolution, Marxism and Structuralism Section 2. 6. Bodily Identities: Gender, Sexuality and Practice 7. Material Anthropolgy: Landscape, Material Culture and History 8. Globalism, Ethnicity and Post-Colonialism Bibliography Index
Chris Gosden is presently lecturer-curator at the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford. He has held teaching positions both in Australia and the UK, and has published widely on a range of issues in archaeology and anthropology.
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