{"product_id":"debating-archaeology-9780121000455","title":"Debating Archaeology","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this book  Biford collects and comments on the twenty-eight substantive papers he has published in the 1980s  just as he collected and commented on his papers of the 1970s in Working at Archaeology (Academic Press  1983) and his papers of the 1960s in An Archaeological Perspective (Academic Press  1972). This ongoing collection of self-edited papers  together with the extensive and very candid interstitial commentaries  provides an invaluable record of the development of \"The New Archaeology\" and a challenging view into the mind of the man who is certainly the most creative archaeological theorist of our time.  Key Features  As the leading theoretician and principal spokesman of the \"New Archaeology\" for the past thirty years  all archaeologists find Binfords Debating Archaeology an important addition to the literature  This book includes:  Extensive discussions of empiricism and the assumptions of \"post Processual\" archaeology  Discussions of science as a learning process in conflict with empiricism  Examination of the current scholarly conflict over the nature of early hominids  Examination of the current scholarly conflicts in archaeological theory  A reexamination of several old  established sites  which does not support their traditional interpretations\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67960811094069,"sku":"ByrdShop_0121000451","price":64.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780121000455.jpg?v=1794496999","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/debating-archaeology-9780121000455","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}