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Experimentation and interpretation :

1842173995

9781842173992

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Experimentation and interpretation :

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the use of experimental archaeology in the study of the past /

edited by Dana C.E. Millson

vii, 142 pages :

illustrations, map ;

25 cm

Papers from a session held at the annual Theoretical Archaeological Group (TAG) Conference in Southampton, England, Dec. 2008

Includes bibliographical references

Introduction / Dana C.E. Millson -- Cache or carry : food storage in prehistoric Europe / Penny Cunningham -- Creating a history of experimental archaeology / Jodi Reeves Flores -- Breaking the sound barrier : new directions for complexity, transformation, and reconstructive practice in experimental Neolithic archaeoacousitics / Claire Marshall -- Experimental archaeology after simplicity : implications for reflexivity of insights that a "common world" is not a "given" / Stephanie Koerner -- Experiment or demonstration? : making fermentable malt sugars from the grain and a discussion of some of the evidence for this activity in the British Neolithic / Merryn Dineley -- Experiments in beaker construction technologies / Harriet Hammersmith -- Luminescence dating of medieval brick from Essex : an example of the physical sciences addressing archaeological questions / Thomas Gurling

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Experimental archaeology is today forging new links between archaeological scientists and theorists. Many of the best archaeological projects today are those which use methodology and interpretation from both the sciences and the arts. The papers presented here reflect this interdisciplinary approach and focus on sites and material culture spanning from the Mesolithic to the Late Medieval periods. They range from the history of experimentation in archaeology and its place within the field today, to the theory behind t̀he experiment', to several projects which have used controlled experimentation to test hypotheses about archaeological remains, past actions, and the scientific processes we use. Now that archaeology has moved beyond the focus of the Processual/Post-Processual debates of the 1970s and 80s, which pitted science against the arts, archaeologists have more freedom to choose how to dò archaeology'. The contributions to this book reflect this as problems are approached in creative ways, which move back and forth between science and theory in a hermeneutic fashion, and hypotheses are challenged and new theories formed. --Book Jacket

Archaeology-- Methodology, Congresses

Archaeology-- Philosophy, Congresses

Excavations (Archaeology)-- England, Congresses

Excavations (Archaeology)-- Europe, Congresses

Experimental archaeology-- England, Congresses

Experimental archaeology-- Europe, Congresses

Material culture-- England-- History, Congresses

Material culture-- Europe-- History, Congresses

England, Antiquities, Congresses

Europe, Antiquities, Congresses

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Millson, Dana C. E

Theoretical Archaeology Group (England)., Conference(2008 :, Southampton, England)

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