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1、ENVIRONMENTALARCHAEOLOGYANDTHESOCIALORDERThisoriginalandcontroversialvolumesetsanewagendaforthestudyandunderstandingofenvironmentalarchaeology.Insteadofseeinghumancom-munitiesasmappingtheiractivitiesontotheenvironmentandusingitinacost-effectiveway,theenvironmentishereseenasameansthroughwh
2、ichpeopleexploretheirsocialworld.EnvironmentalArchaeologyandtheSocialOrderpresentsawidevarietyofcase-studies,rangingfromearlyPalaeolithictoPost-modern,andfromEuropetotheAndes,WestandEastAfrica,andtheUSA.Thebookdealswithboththetheoryandmethodofenvironmentalarchaeology,withsig-nificantsectio
3、nsonNeanderthals,Palaeolithicmobiliaryartandtheoriginsoffarming,aswellastranshumance,climateassocialconstruct,fieldsurveyandtheplaceofdocumentsinenvironmentalresearch.ProfessorEvansinterpretshisfindingsinsocialconstructionistterms,creatinganimportantargumentagainsttheuseoftraditionalmateria
4、listandprocessualistpara-digms.Thisinnovativeandchallengingvolumesetsenvironmentalarchaeologywithincontemporaryagencytheory,andeffectivelyintegratesarchaeologicalscienceintomainstreamarchaeologicaldiscourse.Itshouldappealtoarchae-ologystudentsandprofessionalsalikeandprovideanimportantnewd
5、irec-tionforthefutureofenvironmentalarchaeology.JohnG.EvansisProfessorintheSchoolofHistoryandArchaeology,CardiffUniversity.HismostrecentbooksareLandandArchaeologyand,withTerryO’Connor,EnvironmentalArchaeology.ENVIRONMENTALARCHAEOLOGYANDTHESOCIALORDERJohnG.EvansFirstpublished2003byRoutledg
6、e11NewFetterLane,LondonEC4P4EESimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanadabyRoutledge29West35thStreet,NewYork,NY10001RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroupThiseditionpublishedintheTaylor&Francise-Library,2004.#2003JohnG.EvansAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedor
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