Ethnoarchaeology in Action, 2001, 504 p., ill., br. -

Over the past half century, Ethnoarchaeology has expended its scope, especially to cultural and social anthropology. A case-study approach enables a balanced global geographic and topical coverage. Three chapters introduce the subject and its history, the theory, field methods and ethics. Ten topical chapters consider formation processes, subsistence, the study of artifacts and style, settlement system, site structure and architecture, craft production, trade and exchange, mortuary practice and ideology. The book concludes with ethnoarchaeology's contributions actual and potential, and with a look at its place within anthropology.