Formation Processes of the Archaeological Record

Description

Author: Schiffer, Michael B.  (1947-)

Publisher: University of New Mexico Press

Pub Date: 1987

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good.  Without dust jacket, as issued.  Binding tight.   No marks, tears, bends or folds.  Very light edge and corner wear.  Appears unused.  Photo shows paperback cover.

Notes: “Formation Theory.”  “Recent works in taphonomy, geoarchaeology, historical archaeology, ethnoarchaeology, and experimental archaeology support the principal tenets of the transformation view.  It has been shown that formation processes (1) transform items formally, spatially, quantitatively, and relationally, (2) can create artifact patterns unrelated to the past behaviors of interest, and (3) exhibit regularities that can be expressed as (usually statistical) laws. ” (Page 11)   Archaeological theory.  Way above my pay grade.