Book contents
- Subsistence and Society in Prehistory
- Subsistence and Society in Prehistory
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Table
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Is Determinism Dead?
- Chapter 3 Incorporating New Methods I: The Stable Isotope Revolution
- Chapter 4 Incorporating New Methods II: Residue Chemistry
- Chapter 5 Incorporating New Methods III: Answering Palaeoeconomic Questions with Molecular Genetics
- Chapter 6 Incorporating New Methods IV: Phytoliths and Starch Grains in the Tropics and Beyond
- Chapter 7 Integrated Case Study I: Early Farming in Central Europe
- Chapter 8 Integrated Case Study II: Horse Domestication and the Origins of Pastoralism in Central Asia
- Chapter 9 Conclusion
- References
- Index
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 October 2019
- Subsistence and Society in Prehistory
- Subsistence and Society in Prehistory
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Table
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Is Determinism Dead?
- Chapter 3 Incorporating New Methods I: The Stable Isotope Revolution
- Chapter 4 Incorporating New Methods II: Residue Chemistry
- Chapter 5 Incorporating New Methods III: Answering Palaeoeconomic Questions with Molecular Genetics
- Chapter 6 Incorporating New Methods IV: Phytoliths and Starch Grains in the Tropics and Beyond
- Chapter 7 Integrated Case Study I: Early Farming in Central Europe
- Chapter 8 Integrated Case Study II: Horse Domestication and the Origins of Pastoralism in Central Asia
- Chapter 9 Conclusion
- References
- Index
Summary
Chapter 1 considers the origins and development of economic approaches to archaeology paying particular attention to the Cambridge ‘palaeoeconomy’ school of the 1960s and 70s. It draws out the key achievements and legacies of that time as well addressing post-processual criticism.
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- Subsistence and Society in PrehistoryNew Directions in Economic Archaeology, pp. 1 - 22Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019