Conversations with Lew Binford Drafting the New Archaeology

Author/creator Sabloff, Paula L. W. Author
Other author Sabloff, Jeremy A. Afterword by
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Publication InfoNorman : University of Oklahoma Press
Description128 p. ill 08.500 x 05.500 in.
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Summary Annotation In these 1982 interviews Lew Binford, father of the New Archaeology, explains how in the early 1960s he pioneered the change from traditional culture history - archaeologists' educated guesses about past peoples' lives - to a more rigorous detection of social & cultural systems in the archaeological record. At the urging of the author-interviewer, Paula Sabloff, Binford delves into his personal history to describe the people & circumstances that led him to develop & propound his revolutionary ideas. He describes his years growing up in Virginia & Appalachia, revealing how the early influences of family, teachers, & the Boy Scouts gave him the strength of character to challenge authorities in archaeology even before he had earned his doctorate in 1964. His recollections of the army & undergraduate & graduate experiences provide important insights into his efforts to reorient American archaeology. Binford's intellectual legacy is placed in context in a postscript by leading archaeologist Jeremy Sabloff. An appendix summarizes Binford's field research, & two bibliographies list his writings & related readings. PAULA L. W. SABLOFF, a political anthropologist, is Senior Research Scientist in the Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology, & Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology, at the University of Pennsylvania. JEREMY A. SABLOFF is the Charles K. Williams II Director of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology.
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LCCN 97029892
ISBN9780806130590
ISBN0806130598 (Trade Paper) Out of Print
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