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667469
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Against typological tyranny in archaeology : : a South American perspective /\ Cristóbal Gnecco, Carl Langebaek, editors.
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1 online resource (249 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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1461487234
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: 1461487242
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: 9781461487234
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: 9781461487241
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Abstract
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The papers in this book question the tyranny of typological thinking in archaeology through case studies from various South American countries (Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Argentina, and Brazil) and Antarctica. 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; heuristic because they are used as mea
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Archaeology-- South America-- Philosophy.
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Indians of South America-- Antiquities.
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Social archaeology-- South America-- Philosophy.
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Social structure-- South America-- History.
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Anthropological linguistics.
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Archaeology-- South America.
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Indians of South America-- Antiquities.
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Indians of South America-- Social life and customs.
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South America-- Antiquities.
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South America, Antiquities.
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| Dewey Classification
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980.01
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F2229
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HM623
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Gnecco, Cristóbal.
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Langebaek, Carl.
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Ohio Library and Information Network.
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