Thesis
Cracked pots and rubbish tips: An ethnoarchaeological investigation of a Thai-Lao village
Master of Arts, University of Otago
1972
Abstract
An interest in the social and cultural behaviour of ancient peoples is not new; Daniel Wilson (1851, 486) defined it as one of the goals of 'prehistory' when he coined the term in 1851. While it is true that there are still not many archaeological studies orientated toward deriving strictly cultural data in addition to spatial-temporal information, the few studies that do exist are suggestive of the level of sophistication that is obtainable. The analysis of settlement-subsistence systems within an ecological framework (Struever, 1968; Winters, 1969); studies of the patterning of material culture and ecology of modern hunters and gatherers, and horticulturists (Campbell, 1968; Lee and De Vore, 1968); the correlation of ethno-historic and archaeological evidence (Thompson, 1968); the excavation of historic sites as a proving ground for archaeological theory (Dethlefsen and Deetz, 1966) and the use of ethnographic analogies (Flannery, 1966; Binford, 1967; White and Peterson, 1969; Winters, 1969), are beginning to enable the archaeologist to derive for meaningfull inferences about prehistoric cultural behaviour. The use of ethnographic records as a means of gaining a wider understanding of the diversity of human activities is of prime concern to the research outlined in this thesis.
Details
- Title
- Cracked pots and rubbish tips: An ethnoarchaeological investigation of a Thai-Lao village
- Authors
- Angela Calder (Author) - Otago University, New Zealand
- Awarding institution
- University of Otago
- Degree awarded
- Master of Arts
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 1972 Angela Calder
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449785902621
- Output Type
- Thesis
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