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Constructing Frames of Reference : An Analytical Method for Archaeological Theory Building Using Ethnographic and Environmental Data Sets, Hardback Book

Constructing Frames of Reference : An Analytical Method for Archaeological Theory Building Using Ethnographic and Environmental Data Sets Hardback

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Many consider Lewis Binford to be the single most influential figure in archaeology in the last half-century.

His contributions to the 'New Archaeology' changed the course of the field, as he argued for the development of a scientifically rigorous framework to guide the excavation and interpretation of the archaeological record.

This book, the culmination of Binford's intellectual legacy thus far, presents a detailed description of his methodology and its significance for understanding hunter-gatherer cultures on a global basis.

This landmark publication will be an important step in understanding the great process of cultural evolution and will change the way archaeology proceeds as a scientific enterprise.

This work provides a major synthesis of an enormous body of cultural and environmental information and offers many original insights into the past.

Binford helped pioneer what is now called 'ethnoarchaeology' - the study of living societies to help explain cultural patterns in the archaeological record - and this book is grounded on a detailed analysis of ethnographic data from about 340 historically known hunter-gatherer populations. The methodological framework based on this data will reshape the paradigms through which we understand human culture for years to come.

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