文档介绍：Anthropology and Archaeology
The disciplines of archaeology and anthropology have, since their beginnings, influenced
and informed each other. Chris Gosden charts and analyses their changing relationship, and
provides a valuable and much-needed introduction to the theories and methods of these two
inter-related subjects. This volume covers the historical relationship and contemporary
interests of archaeology and anthropology. It takes a broad historical approach, setting the
early history of the disciplines within the colonial period during which the Europeans
encountered and attempted to make sense of many other peoples. It shows how the subjects
are linked through their interest in kinship, economics and symbolism, and discusses what
each contribute to debates about gender, material culture and globalism in the post-colonial
world.
This book is unique in its survey of both anthropology and archaeology. This dual consid-
eration is necessary as each discipline has continuously influenced the other. Together,
anthropology and archaeology can inform us of the full variability of life, past and present.
Anthropology and Archaeology is an indispensable guide to each discipline for students or
researchers studying archaeology, anthropology, or both subjects.
Chris Gosden is presently lecturer-curator at the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford.
He has held teaching positions both in Australia and the UK, and has published widely on
a range of issues in archaeology and anthropology.
Anthropology and
Archaeology
A changing relationship
Christopher Gosden
London and New York
First published 1999
by Routledge
11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001
Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis
This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2002.
© 1999 Chris Gosden
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reprod