ABSTRACT
In this volume, the founder of processual archaeology, Lewis R. Binford collects and comments on the twenty-eight substantive papers published in the 1980's, the third in his set of collected papers (also Working at Archaeology and An Archaeological Perspective). This ongoing collection of self-edited papers, together with the extensive and very candid interstitial commentaries, provides an invaluable record of the development of "The New Archaeology" and a challenging view into the mind of the man who is certainly the most creative archaeological theorist of our time. A new (2009) foreword allows further reflections on his work.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|23 pages
Introduction
part II|47 pages
Much Ado about Nothing
part III|191 pages
Empiricism and Other Problems in Contemporary Archaeology
part IV|217 pages
Models and Accommodating Arguments versus Pattern Recognition: What Drives Research Best?
part V|7 pages
Conclusions