01784    a2200313   450000500170000000800410001702000220005803700360008004000070011604100080012307200150013107200150014607200140016107200140017507200130018907200140020207200140021607200210023007200210025107200210027207200170029310000240031024500610033425000060039526000320040130000100043352010100044399900170145320250526161923.0250430042021GB        12           eng    a9780367556457qBC  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 39.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aNKA2thema7 aNKD2thema7 a1D2bisac7 a3B2bisac7 aHDA2bic7 aHDDA2bic7 a1D2bisac7 aARC0120002bisac7 aPHI0210002bisac7 aSOC0030002bisac7 a930.12bisac1 aJohn C. Barrett98910aArchaeology and its DiscontentsbWhy Archaeology Matters  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20210331  a180 p  bArchaeology and its Discontents examines the state of archaeology today and its development throughout the twentieth century, making a powerful case for new approaches. Surveying the themes of twentieth-century archaeological theory, Barrett looks at their successes, limitations, and failures. Seeing more failures and limitations than successes, he argues that archaeology has over-focused on explaining the human construction of material variability and should instead be more concerned with understanding how human diversity has been constructed. Archaeology matters, he argues, precisely because of the insights it can offer into the development of human diversity. The analysis and argument are illustrated throughout by reference to the development of the European Neolithic. Arguing both for new approaches and for the importance of archaeology as a discipline, Archaeology and its Discontents is for archaeologists at all levels, from student to professor and trainee to experienced practitioner.  c10107d10107