Archaeological Typology and Practical Reality: A Dialectical Approach to Artifact Classification and Sorting

ISBN: 9780521048675 出版年：1991 页码：452 William Y Adams Ernest W Adams Cambridge University Press

List of figures List of tables The archaeologist's preface The philosopher's preface Part I. Introductory: 1. Beginning points 2. Introductory theses Part II. The Nature of Types and Typologies: 3. Dimensions and elements of 'typehood' 4. Perceptual and conceptual foundations 5. The dialectics of type formulation 6. The nature of types 7. The structure of typologies 8. A synthetic definition of typology and type Part III. Typology in Action: The Medieval Nubian Pottery Typology: 9. Origin and development of the Nubian typology 10. Basic features of the Nubian typology 11. The uses of the Nubian Typology 12. Philosophical implications Part IV. Pragmatics of Archaeological Typology: 13. The starting point: purpose 14. The determinants of types: variables and attributes 15. The making of types: formulation, designation and description 16. The uses of type: typing and sorting 17. The ordering of types: taxonomy and seriation 18. Variation and variability in archaeological classifications 19. The bottom line: practicality 20. Principles of practical typology 21. Information-theoretic formulations Part V. Classification, Explanation and Theory: 22. The Typological Debate 23. Issues and non-issues in the Typological Debate 24. Conceptual problems 25. The use and abuse of theory 26. Paradigms and progress Appendices References Index.