Behavioral Archeology (EWP Foundations of Archaeology)

by Michael Brian Schiffer

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Originally published by Academic Press in 1976, this book has become a foundational statement in archaeological methodology and has had a lasting impact on the discipline. As Michael Schiffer writes in his new prologue, the work 'played a vital role in establishing as fundamental the behavioral perspective in archaeology.' (Must be distinguished from the collection of articles by Schiffer published by University of Utah Press called Behavioral Archaeology: First Principles.)

From the Prologue to the Percheron Press Edition:

'Clearly many issues raised in Behavioral Archeology, as well as its principal ideas, retain considerable relevance for the practice of archaeology. Thus I present this reprinted edition of Behavioral Archeology, warts and all, in the hope that readers will enjoy engaging the ideas that played a pivotal role in establishing as fundamental the behavioral perspective in archaeology.'






  • ISBN13 9780971242715
  • Publish Date 31 December 2002
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Eliot Werner Publications Inc
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 254
  • Language English