Chiefdoms and Other Archaeological Delusions

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Archaeology
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Author: Timothy R. Pauketat ISBN: 9780759112506
Publisher: AltaMira Press Publication: May 30, 2007
Imprint: AltaMira Press Language: English
Author: Timothy R. Pauketat
ISBN: 9780759112506
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Publication: May 30, 2007
Imprint: AltaMira Press
Language: English

In recent decades anthropology, especially ethnography, has supplied the prevailing models of how human beings have constructed, and been constructed by, their social arrangements. In turn, archaeologists have all too often relied on these models to reconstruct the lives of ancient peoples. In lively, engaging, and informed prose, Timothy Pauketat debunks much of this social-evolutionary theorizing about human development, as he ponders the evidence of 'chiefdoms' left behind by the Mississippian culture of the American southern heartland. This book challenges all students of history and prehistory to reexamine the actual evidence that archaeology has made available, and to do so with an open mind.

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In recent decades anthropology, especially ethnography, has supplied the prevailing models of how human beings have constructed, and been constructed by, their social arrangements. In turn, archaeologists have all too often relied on these models to reconstruct the lives of ancient peoples. In lively, engaging, and informed prose, Timothy Pauketat debunks much of this social-evolutionary theorizing about human development, as he ponders the evidence of 'chiefdoms' left behind by the Mississippian culture of the American southern heartland. This book challenges all students of history and prehistory to reexamine the actual evidence that archaeology has made available, and to do so with an open mind.

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