The ‘new archeology’ of the 1960s
- 1 March 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Vol. 46 (183) , 210-215
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00053631
Abstract
In the United States, prehistoric archeologyas distinct from Classical Archaeology-has been taught primarily in Departments of Anthropology. A predictable outcome of this is that students so trained have attempted to give archeology-often minimally characterized as mere excavation technique-a strong anthropological orientation. This movement culminated in the 1960s. The following brief review of books published in that decade that illustrate the viewpoint of the ‘ew archeology’ is not meant so much to be critical of as introductory to a literature.Keywords
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