An Archaeological Perspective

by Lewis Roberts Binford

Pp. xii, 464; 8 text-figures and numerous tables. Publisher's original blue cloth, color pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. This work brings together twenty controversial and influential papers of Lewis Binford. In addition, four papers recently written by Binford never published before, have been added. Printed name of former owner on the front endpaper.

Genres: Archaeology

464 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1972

About the author

Lewis Roberts Binford (November 21, 1931 – April 11, 2011) was an American archaeologist known for his influential work in archaeological theory, ethnoarchaeology and the Paleolithic period. He is widely considered among the most influential archaeologists of the later 20th century, and is credited with fundamentally changing the field with the introduction of processual archaeology (or the "New Archaeology") in the 1960s. Binford's influence was controversial, however, and most theoretical work in archaeology in the late 1980s and 1990s was explicitly construed as either a reaction to or in support of the processual paradigm. Recent appraisals have judged that his approach owed more to prior work in the 1940s and 50s than suggested by Binford's strong criticism of his predecessors.

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