The development of archeological thought is analyzed by examining archeological history to determine to what extent its trends reflect archeologists' personal & collective interests.
List of Illustrations
Preface
The relevance of archaeological history
Classical archaeology & antiquarianism
The beginnings of scientific archaeology
The imperial synthesis
Culture-historical archaeology
Soviet archaeology
Functionalism in Western archaeology
Neo-evolutionism & the new archaeology
The explanation of diversity
Archaeology & its social context
Bibliographical Essay
References
Index