Comments on: A Classic Paper: Archaeology as Anthropology http://ahotcupofjoe.net/2008/07/a-classic-paper-archaeology-as-anthropology/ Archaeology, anthropology, science, and skepticism Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:39:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: The glorious 46th ed of 4SH « Testimony of the spade http://ahotcupofjoe.net/2008/07/a-classic-paper-archaeology-as-anthropology/comment-page-1/#comment-294 The glorious 46th ed of 4SH « Testimony of the spade Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:58:53 +0000 http://ahotcupofjoe.wordpress.com/?p=236#comment-294 [...] Giant’s Shoulders blog carnival, the “Classic Papers” category with the title: A Classic Paper: Archaeology as Anthropology. It is post on a classic article: Lewis R Binford’s Archaeology as Anthropology printed in [...] [...] Giant’s Shoulders blog carnival, the “Classic Papers” category with the title: A Classic Paper: Archaeology as Anthropology. It is post on a classic article: Lewis R Binford’s Archaeology as Anthropology printed in [...]

]]> By: megan http://ahotcupofjoe.net/2008/07/a-classic-paper-archaeology-as-anthropology/comment-page-1/#comment-298 megan Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:51:04 +0000 http://ahotcupofjoe.wordpress.com/?p=236#comment-298 Oooh, good choice! I thought about writing up this article too, I'm glad someone did it. I have to go back and re read it myself though - I remembered his 'big ideas' but didn't remember the details of his examples, very interesting. Have you read Walter Taylor's 'A Study of Archaeology'? I've always been taught that Binford is basically using Taylor's ideas, but while Taylor got shunned for his book, Binford got praised for his article (mainly, I assume, because he didn't cite specific archaeologists and say they were doing things wrong). I own it, but haven't read it yet - so many classics I never find time for... Oooh, good choice! I thought about writing up this article too, I’m glad someone did it. I have to go back and re read it myself though – I remembered his ‘big ideas’ but didn’t remember the details of his examples, very interesting.

Have you read Walter Taylor’s ‘A Study of Archaeology’? I’ve always been taught that Binford is basically using Taylor’s ideas, but while Taylor got shunned for his book, Binford got praised for his article (mainly, I assume, because he didn’t cite specific archaeologists and say they were doing things wrong). I own it, but haven’t read it yet – so many classics I never find time for…

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