| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The emergence of modernity and the constitution of archaeology -- Archaeology and the tensions of modernity -- The tyranny of method -- History and nature -- Nation-states -- Humanism and 'the individual' -- Depths and surfaces -- Mind, perception and knowledge -- Materialities -- Toward a counter-modern archaeology; difference, ethics, dialogue, finitude. |
| Summary |
This is the first book to explore the relationship between archaeology and modern thought, showing how philosophical ideas that developed in the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries still dominate our approach to the remains of ancient societies. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Archaeology.
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Archaeology. |
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Archaeology -- Philosophy.
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Archaeology -- Philosophy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Thomas, Julian. Archaeology and modernity. London ; New York : Routledge, 2004 0415271568 0415271576 (DLC) 2003018161 (OCoLC)52886898 |
| ISBN |
0203491114 (electronic book) |
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9780203491119 (electronic book) |
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0415271576 (Paper) |
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0415271568 (alkaline paper) |
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