{"product_id":"beyond-subsistence-philip-duke-9780817307998","title":"Beyond Subsistence: Plains Archaeology and the Postprocessual Critique","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA series of essays, written by Plains scholars of diverse research interests and backgrounds, that apply postprocessual approaches to the solution of current problems in Plains archaeology\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Postprocessual archaeology is seen as a potential vehicle for integrating culture-historical, processual, and postmodernist approaches to solve specific archaeological problems. \u003cp\u003e The contributors address specific interpretive problems in all the major regions of the North American Plains, investigate different Plains societies (including hunter-gatherers and farmers and their associated archaeological records), and examine the political content of archaeology in such fields as gender studies and cultural resource management. They avoid a programmatic adherence to a single paradigm, arguing instead that a mature archaeology will use different theories, methods, and techniques to solve \u003cb\u003especific\u003c\/b\u003e empirical problems. By avoiding excessive infatuation with the correct scientific \u003cb\u003emethod\u003c\/b\u003e, this volume addresses questions that have often been categorized as beyond archaeological investigations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Duke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0817307990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817307998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 6.15w x 0.93d","brand":"Philip Duke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086954410239,"sku":"9780817307998","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c3aa9271-fe15-4968-8022-cb5b2c694b1a.jpg?v=1769097457","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beyond-subsistence-philip-duke-9780817307998","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}