Against typological tyranny in archaeology: a south american perspective
Éditeur :
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN :
9781461487234
Date de publication :
25 oct. 2013
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,5 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
They aim to show that typologies are unavoidable (they are, after all, the way to create networks that give meanings to symbols) but that their tyranny can be overcome if they are used from a critical, heuristic and non-prescriptive stance: critical because the complacent attitude towards their tyranny is replaced by a militant stance against it;