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Interpreting Archaeology: Finding Meaning in the Past
Interpreting Archaeology Finding Meaning in the Past Author:Ian Hodder This volume provides a forum for debate between varied approaches to studying the past. The contributors--drawn from Europe, North America, Asia and Australasia--represent many different strands of archaeology. They address the philosophical issues involved in interpretation and the origins of meaning in the evolution and emergence of ``mind'' i... more »n early hominids. They cover the ways in which material culture is understood and presented in museums, and how the nature of history is itself in flux.« less