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The Archaeology of Bruce Trigger

Theoretical Empiricism

Michael S Bisson author Ronald F Williamson author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press

Published:24th Aug '06

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The life and work of a renowned archaeologists.

Bruce Trigger has merged the history of archaeology with new perspectives on how to understand the past. He is a critical analyst and architect of social evolutionary theory, and an Egyptologist. This work discusses various approaches to the interpretation of archaeological data in relation to Trigger's fundamental intellectual contributions.Bruce Trigger has merged the history of archaeology with new perspectives on how to understand the past. He is a critical analyst and architect of social evolutionary theory, an Egyptologist, and an authority on aboriginal cultures in north-eastern North America. His contextualization of archaeology within broader society has encouraged appreciation of the power of archaeological knowledge and he has been an effective voice for non-oppositional forms of argument in archaeological theory. In The Archaeology of Bruce Trigger, leading scholars discuss their own approaches to the interpretation of archaeological data in relation to Trigger's fundamental intellectual contributions Contributors include Michael Bisson (McGill), Stephen Chrisomalis (Toronto), Jerimy J. Cunningham (Calgary), Brian Fagan (Lindbrior Corporation), Clare Fawcett (St. Francis Xavier), Junko Habu (California at Berkeley), Ian Hodder (Stanford), Jane Kelley (Calgary), Martha Latta (Toronto), Robert MacDonald (Archaeological Services Inc.) , Randall McGuire (Binghamton), Lynn Meskell (Columbia), Toby Morantz (McGill), Robert Pearce (London Museum of Archaeology), David Smith (Toronto), Peter Timmins (Timmins Martelle Heritage Consultants), Silvia Tomaskova (North Carolina), Bruce G. Trigger (McGill), Alexander von Gernet (Toronto), Gary Warrick (Wilfrid Laurier), Ronald F. Williamson (Archaeological Services Inc.), Alison Wylie (Washington), and Eldon Yellowhorn (Simon Frasier)

"I can think of no better way to gain a sense of the major debates in archaeology over the last forty years than to read this volume." Bill Engelbrecht, Buffalo State College "This book succeeds brilliantly in presenting a rounded portrait of a man who is understated and measured in his style (in a word, Canadian) and an intellectual and moral giant of our times." Andrew Stewart, Ontario Archaeology

ISBN: 9780773531277

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 560g

320 pages