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      James A.Ford and the Growth of Americanist Archaeology

      Michael J. O'Brien,R. Lee Lyman

      Tells the story of Ford’s role in the development of culture history, the dominant paradigm in the field from roughly 1914 to 1960. By studying Ford’s life and the major…

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      Applying Evolutionary Archaeology: A Systematic Approach

      Michael J. O'Brien,R. Lee Lyman

      After one of the preeminent (and often vilified) social scientists of the nineteenth century, Herbert Spencer, popularized the term in the 1850s, evolution became more or less a household word…

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      Applying Evolutionary Archaeology: A Systematic Approach

      Michael J. O'Brien,R. Lee Lyman

      After one of the preeminent (and often vilified) social scientists of the nineteenth century, Herbert Spencer, popularized the term in the 1850s, evolution became more or less a household word…

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      Measuring Time with Artifacts: A History of Methods in American Archaeology

      R. Lee Lyman,Michael J. O'Brien

      Combining historical research with an explication of archaeological methodology and reasoning, this work examines the origins and changing use of fundamental chronometric techniques and procedures. It also analyzes the different…

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      Seriation, Stratigraphy, and Index Fossils: The Backbone of Archaeological Dating

      Michael J. O'Brien,R. Lee Lyman

      Each method and technique of relative dating is placed in historical perspective, with particular focus on developments in North America, an approach that allows a more complete understanding of the…

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      Seriation, Stratigraphy, and Index Fossils: The Backbone of Archaeological Dating

      Michael J. O'Brien,R. Lee Lyman

      Each method and technique of relative dating is placed in historical perspective, with particular focus on developments in North America, an approach that allows a more complete understanding of the…

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      Measuring Time with Artifacts: A History of Methods in American Archaeology

      R. Lee Lyman,Michael J. O'Brien

      Combining historical research with a explication of archaeological methodology and reasoning, this work examines the origins and changing use of fundamental chronometric techniques and procedures and analyzes the different ways…

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      The Rise and Fall of Culture History

      R. Lee Lyman,Michael J. O'Brien,Robert C. Dunnell

      Presents an analysis of the culture history approach to Americanist anthropology. This volume discusses reasons for the acceptance and incorporation of concepts, as well as the paradigm’s strengths and weaknesses.

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      The Rise and Fall of Culture History

      R. Lee Lyman,Michael J. O'Brien,Robert C. Dunnell

      Presents a critical analysis of the culture history approach to Americanist anthropology. This work uses a framework for the analysis that is founded on the contrast between two metaphysics used…

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      Americanist Culture History: Fundamentals of Time, Space, and Form

      Americanist Culture History reprints thirty-nine classic works of Americanist archaeological literature published between 1907 and 1971. The editors also include an introduction that summarizes the rise and fall of the…

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