Against Typological Tyranny in Archaeology A South American Perspective

• Main Authors: Gnecco, Cristóbal, Langebaek, Carl
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2014
• Subjects: Archaeology; Humanities; Regional planning; Social Sciences; CC1; Argentina; Inca; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2078/ebook:42161; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8724-1

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 creat...