Against Typological Tyranny in Archaeology

A South American Perspective

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

AvCristóbal Gnecco,Carl Langebaek,Cristobal Gnecco

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They aim to show that typologies are unavoidable (they are, after all, the way to create networks that give meanings to symbols) but that their tyranny can be overcome if they are used from a critical, heuristic and non-prescriptive stance: critical because the complacent attitude towards their tyranny is replaced by a militant stance against it;

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2013-10-25
Mått155 x 235 x 18 mm
Vikt553 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor236
Upplaga2014
FörlagSpringer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN9781461487234

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