Excavating Asian History: Interdisciplinary Studies in Archaeology and History Tapa dura - 2006
de Norman Yoffee (Editor); Bradley L. Crowell (Editor)
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Although history and archaeology each seek to elucidate the past, both sets of data are incomplete and ambiguous and thus open to multiple readings that invite contradictory interpretations of human activity. This is particularly true when scholars of each field ignore or fail to understand research in the other discipline. "Excavating Asian History" contains case studies and theoretical articles that show how archaeologists have been investigating historical, social, and economic organizations and that explore the relationship between history and archaeology in the study of pre-modern Asia. These contributions consider biases in both historical and archaeological data that have occasioned rival claims to knowledge in the two disciplines. Ranging widely across the region from the Levant to China and from the third millennium BC to the second millennium AD, they demonstrate that archaeological and historical studies can complement each other and should be used in tandem. The contributors are leading historians and archaeologists of Asia who present data, issues, and debates revolving around the most recent research on the ancient Near East, early Islam, India, China, and Southeast Asian states. Their chapters illustrate the benefits of interdisciplinary investigations and show in particular how archaeology is changing our understanding of history. Commentary chapters by Miriam Stark and Philip Kohl add new perspectives to the findings. By showing the evolving relationship between those who study archaeological material and those who investigate textual data, "Excavating Asian History" offers practical demonstrations of how research has been and must continue to be structured.
Detalles
- Título Excavating Asian History: Interdisciplinary Studies in Archaeology and History
- Autor Norman Yoffee (Editor); Bradley L. Crowell (Editor)
- Encuadernación Tapa dura
- Páginas 368
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial University of Arizona Press
- Fecha de publicación October 30, 2006
- Ilustrado Sí
- ISBN 9780816524181 / 0816524181
- Peso 1.44 libras (0.65 kg)
- Dimensiones 9.28 x 6.42 x 1.08 pulgadas (23.57 x 16.31 x 2.74 cm)
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Temas
- Cultural Region: Asian - General
- Library of Congress subjects Asia - History, Asia - Antiquities
- Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2006006346
- Dewey Decimal Code 950.1
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Excavating Asian History: Interdisciplinary Studies in Archaeology And History
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