{"product_id":"constructing-frames-of-reference-an-analytical-method-for-archaeological-theory-building-using-ethnographic-and-environmental-data-sets-9780520303409","title":"Constructing Frames of Reference: An Analytical Method for Archaeological Theory Building Using Ethnographic and Environmental Data Sets","description":"Many consider Lewis Binford to be the single most influential figure in archaeology in the last half-century. His contributions to the \"New Archaeology\" changed the course of the field, as he argued for the development of a scientifically rigorous framework to guide the excavation and interpretation of the archaeological record. This book, the culmination of Binford's intellectual legacy thus far, presents a detailed description of his methodology and its significance for understanding hunter-gatherer cultures on a global basis. This landmark publication will be an important step in understanding the great process of cultural evolution and will change the way archaeology proceeds as a scientific enterprise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis work provides a major synthesis of an enormous body of cultural and environmental information and offers many original insights into the past. Binford helped pioneer what is now called \"ethnoarchaeology\"--the study of living societies to help explain cultural patterns in the archaeological record--and this book is grounded on a detailed analysis of ethnographic data from about 340 historically known hunter-gatherer populations. The methodological framework based on this data will reshape the paradigms through which we understand human culture for years to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLewis R. Binford \u003c\/b\u003eis University Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at Southern Methodist University. He is author of \u003ci\u003eDebating Archaeology \u003c\/i\u003e(1989), \u003ci\u003eIn Pursuit of the Past \u003c\/i\u003e(1983), and \u003ci\u003eWorking at Archaeology \u003c\/i\u003e(1983), among many other books.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50325033189650,"sku":"9780520303409","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c30278c4-c49a-4bbb-8d9d-ed9214df77f3.jpg?v=1727678916","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/constructing-frames-of-reference-an-analytical-method-for-archaeological-theory-building-using-ethnographic-and-environmental-data-sets-9780520303409","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}