List of Figures vi Acknowledgements viii
Preface: The Contradictions of Theory x
1 Common Sense is Not Enough 1
2 The 'New Archaeology' 12
3 Archaeology as a Science 35
4 Middle-range Theory, Ethnoarchaeology and Material Culture
Studies 50
5 Culture and Process 68
6 Thoughts and Ideologies 89
7 Postprocessual and Interpretive Archaeologies 102
8 Archaeology, Gender and Identity 122
9 Archaeology and Cultural Evolution 143
10 Archaeology and Darwinian Evolution 164
11 Archaeology and History 185
12 Archaeology, Politics and Culture 199
13 Conclusion: The Future of Theory 216
Selective Glossary 236
Further Reading 245
Bibliography 265
Index 299
Matthew Johnson is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Southampton. He has taught at the University of Sheffield, St. David's University College, Lampeter, and at Durham University. His previous books include Housing Culture: Traditional Architecture in an English Landscape (1993), An Archaeology of Capitalism (1996, Blackwell), and Ideas Of Landscape (2006, Blackwell).
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