Subtitle:

The concepts of social groups and archaeological methods of their investigation ; Przegląd Archeologiczny T. 49 (2001)

Publisher:

Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Wrocław

Description:

29 cm

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Abstract:

In this article I present and try to evaluate various concepts of social groups, created and functionning in contemporary archaeology. The representatives of almost all scientific trends in archaeology have attempted to reconstruct or interpret social groups in the past. I assume that we are dealing now with four main trends in archaeology: traditional archaeology, processual archaeology, neomarxist archaeology and archaeology inspired by postmodernism and poststructuralism. Within these trends various concepts describing social groups have been proposed. It is not possible to compare one another as each of these concepts has its ownset of rules and different language. The only method of assessment is to assess the utility and efficiency of the concepts. The most efficient should be the concept which reconstucts or interprets the fragment of past social reality in the most cohesive way. I perceive the development of various concepts of social groups within successive trends as continuity. Chronologically the earliest trends have developed only efficient methods of study. Later concepts have introduced social theory and submitted theexisting methods to it. Thus the latest concepts combining social theory with proper methods seem to be the most efficient

Relation:

Przegląd Archeologiczny

Volume:

49

Start page:

5

End page:

15

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

oai:rcin.org.pl:60374 ; 0079-7138

Source:

IAiE PAN, call no. P III 149 ; IAiE PAN, call no. P III 272 ; IAiE PAN, call no. P III 353 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

pol

Language of abstract:

eng

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Digitizing institution:

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Ministry of Science and Higher Education ; Activities popularizing science (DUN)

Access:

Open