In Pursuit of the Past

Decoding the Archaeological Record

By: Lewis R. Binford

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Paperback | 17 April 2002 | Edition Number 1

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Many consider Lewis Binford to be the single most influential figure in archaeology in the last half-century. His contributions to the "New Archaeology" changed the course of the field as he argued for the development of a scientifically rigorous framework to guide the excavation and interpretation of the archaeological record. In this book, first published nearly two decades ago, Binford provided students and general readers with an introduction to his challenging and provocative ideas about understanding the human past. Now available again, this important component of Binford's intellectual legacy will convey the drama and intellectual excitement of contemporary archaeology to a new generation of archaeologists and others interested in the field. Throughout the book, Binford questions old ideas and proposes new theories based on his comparative archaeological and ethnographic research in North America, Europe, South Africa, and Australia. A new afterword by Binford surveys the direction archaeology has taken since the publication of this book and shares his hopes for the future of the discipline.

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"Lewis Binford shows, by example, the strategies that are needed to turn the subject from a backward-looking curiosity into a scientific attack on our understanding of past human behavior." - Clive Gamble, Nature

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Foreword
Editorial
Note Author's
Acknowledgments
Preface
Translating the Archaeological Record
What Was it Like?
Man the Mighty Hunter?
Life and Death at the Waterhole
What Does it Mean?
The Challenge of the Mousterian
An Archaeological Odyssey
Hunters in a Landscape
People in their Lifespace
Why Did it Happen?
On the Origins of Agriculture
Paths to Complexity
Afterword to the 2002 Edition
Notes on the Text
Bibliography
Index
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