Controversies in archaeology.

9781598740622

Controversies in archaeology.

Kehoe, Alice Beck.

Left Coast Press

2008

255 pages

$29.95

Paperback

CC175

Venerable American anthropologist Kehoe (emerita, Maruette U.) describes some widely known controversies about archaeology and archaeological finds, drawing from them an explanation of scientific method and examples of critical thinking. She intends neither to debunk nor to promote any theories, but rather to steer undergraduates and general readers along a path between academic dogma and outrageous enthusiasms. Her topics include popular archaeology, America's First Nations, religion, diffusion verses independent invention, earlier technologies, biological data, and competing theories of cultural development.

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