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Confronting Scale in Archaeology: Issues of Theory and Practice

Gary Lock ; Brian Leigh Molyneaux (eds.)

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Archaeology; Methodology of the Social Sciences

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978-0-387-32772-3

ISBN electrónico

978-0-387-32773-0

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Springer Nature

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Reino Unido

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© Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2006

Tabla de contenidos

Introduction: Confronting Scale

Gary Lock; Brian L. Molyneaux

Palabras clave: Geographical Information System; Analytical Scale; Scale Implication; Modifiable Areal Unit Problem; Archaeological Deposit.

- Introduction: Confronting Scale | Pp. 1-11

On Being the Right Size: Affordances and the Meaning of Scale

Alan Costall

Palabras clave: Visible Horizon; Human Science; Ecological Approach; Precision Grip; Direct Perception.

Section 1 - Introducing Scale: Space, Time and Size in The Past and the Present | Pp. 15-26

Timescales

Chris Gosden; Karola Kirsanow

Palabras clave: Optically Stimulate Luminescence; Human Development Report; Oxygen Isotope Stage; Spatial Metaphor; Fluvial Gravel.

Section 1 - Introducing Scale: Space, Time and Size in The Past and the Present | Pp. 27-37

Scale as Artifact: GIS, Ecological Fallacy, and Archaeological Analysis

Trevor M. Harris

Palabras clave: Geographically Weight Regression; Coarse Scale; Geographic Information System; Scale Issue; Areal Unit.

Section 1 - Introducing Scale: Space, Time and Size in The Past and the Present | Pp. 39-53

Artifacts as Social Interference: The Politics of Spatial Scale

H. Martin Wobst

Palabras clave: Archaeological Record; Unit Size; Social Unit; Social Entity; Spatial Method.

Section 1 - Introducing Scale: Space, Time and Size in The Past and the Present | Pp. 55-64

Topographical Scale as Ideological and Practical Affordance: The Case of Devils Tower

Brian Leigh Molyneaux

Palabras clave: Cultural Landscape; Oral Tradition; Cultural Life; Talus Slope; Original Inhabitant.

Section 2 - Constructing Scale: Identifying Problems | Pp. 67-76

Perspective Matters: Traversing Scale through Archaeological Practice

Thomas Yarrow

Palabras clave: Total Station; Spoil Heap; Human Observation; Archaeological Practice; Archaeological Theory.

Section 2 - Constructing Scale: Identifying Problems | Pp. 77-87

Artifacts as Landscapes: A Use-Wear Case Study of Upper Paleolithic Assemblages at the Solutré Kill Site, France

William E. Banks

Palabras clave: Contact Material; Edge Angle; Lithic Assemblage; Wear Trace; Worked Material Hardness.

Section 2 - Constructing Scale: Identifying Problems | Pp. 89-111

Scale and Archaeological Evaluations: What are We Looking For?

Gill Hey

Palabras clave: Geophysical Survey; Archaeological Remains; Settlement Feature; White Horse; English Heritage.

Section 2 - Constructing Scale: Identifying Problems | Pp. 113-127

Scale, Model Complexity, and Understanding: Simulation of Settlement Processes in the Glenwood Locality of Southwestern Iowa, 1976 and 2000

Larry J. Zimmerman; Joe Alan Artz

Palabras clave: Central Plain; Tributary Valley; Environmental Carry Capacity; National Elevation Dataset; Area Frequency Distribution.

Section 2 - Constructing Scale: Identifying Problems | Pp. 129-144