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Paul Bahn 出版社: Oxford University Press 副标题: A Very Short Introduction 出版年: 2012-9-8 页数: 136 定价: USD 11.95 装帧: Paperback 丛书:Very Short Introductions ISBN: 9780199657438
This entertaining Very Short Introduction reflects the enduring popularity of archaeology - a subject which appeals as a pastime, career, and academic discipline, encompasses the whole globe, and surveys 2.5 million years. From deserts to jungles, from deep caves to mountain tops, from pebble tools to satellite photographs, from excavation to abstract theory, archaeology intera...
This entertaining Very Short Introduction reflects the enduring popularity of archaeology - a subject which appeals as a pastime, career, and academic discipline, encompasses the whole globe, and surveys 2.5 million years. From deserts to jungles, from deep caves to mountain tops, from pebble tools to satellite photographs, from excavation to abstract theory, archaeology interacts with nearly every other discipline in its attempts to reconstruct the past. In this new edition, Paul Bahn brings the text up to date, including information about new discoveries and interpretations in the field, and highlighting the impact of developments such as the potential use of DNA and stable isotopes in teeth, as well the effect technology and science are having on archaeological exploration.
作者简介
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Paul Bahn 古物研究会会员，《考古学》杂志(纽约)的特约编辑。翻译和编著过多本考古学方面的著作，同时还担任电视台考古节目的主持人。
大多数考古学家需要充分具备的品质之一，不论他们的专业领域是什么，就是乐观一一即，他们可以只依据过去的物质遗存说出关于过去的有意义命题的信念。他们所面对的基本问题，正如罗伯特・贝德纳里克（ Robert Bednarik）新近所指出的，是“在考古学所研究的过去所发生的所有事物中有99.99%以上没有任何种类的证据幸存超过一秒钟。
在仍然不可计数的留存下来的事例中，只有百分之一的一百万分之一这样一个微小的比例有证据留存下来。其中，只有无穷小的一部分被考古学发掘了出来，而其中更小的一部分得到了正确的解释。”但是，不要让这一点使你分心一一相反，大多数人将这种情境当作他们的优势：有些人把时间花在设计方案填补证据中存在的鸿沟上，以产生阶段或类型的连续性；其他人则简单明了地漠视资料是如何糟糕与不具代表性，而不顾一切地用它们来生产有关往日的故事。正如哈佛的生物学家斯蒂芬・杰伊・古尔德（ Stephen Jay Gould）所写的，“如此之多的科学在通过讲故事而取得进展一一但在最好的意义上，故事仍然只是故事。考虑关于人类进化的传统图景——关于狩猎、营火、黑暗的洞穴、仪式、制造工具、老年的来临、争斗与死亡的故事。这里面有多少是基于遗骨与器物的，又有多少是基于文学的准则？” (查看原文)
你也许认为从事历史考古学会使你踏在坚实的基础上，但决非如此。自然我们对于这些文化的某些方面知道得更多，因为它们留下了文字记录，但是所有历史学家都知道你仍然不得不把偏见与不确带入自己的论述。例如，所有关于卡斯特（ Custer）在小比格霍恩战役（ the Battle of the Litte Bighorn）中的惨败的残存文件与目击者的描述都有着实质性的不同，不仅是在有关发生了什么与如何发生上不同，而且甚至在诸如每一方的人数这样的方面也不同，而这是发生在1876年的晚近事件。正如A・J・P・泰勒（A · J · P · Taylor）所说，历史不是事件的目录而是对事件的看法。 (查看原文)
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"If we want to know where we are going, we need to trace our trajectory, to see where we've come from. That is why archaeology is so important." (Can't think of a better way to be introduced to archae..."If we want to know where we are going, we need to trace our trajectory, to see where we've come from. That is why archaeology is so important." (Can't think of a better way to be introduced to archaeology as an academic discipline than reading this funny, witty and informative book.)(展开)
"If we want to know where we are going, we need to trace our trajectory, to see where we've come from. That is why archaeology is so important." (Can't think of a better way to be introduced to archae..."If we want to know where we are going, we need to trace our trajectory, to see where we've come from. That is why archaeology is so important." (Can't think of a better way to be introduced to archaeology as an academic discipline than reading this funny, witty and informative book.)(展开)
11月6日-星期三-天气阴：我在土耳其咖啡馆里考古 （本文作为《牛津通识读本：考古学的过去与未来（PaulBahn:Archaeology A very short introduction）》的读书笔记，时间地点人物纯属虚构如有雷同自己认栽吧） “很少有什么是好会像研究事前考古学那样使人变得如此健...
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0 有用 monomania 2015-07-05 02:51:57
"If we want to know where we are going, we need to trace our trajectory, to see where we've come from. That is why archaeology is so important." (Can't think of a better way to be introduced to archae... "If we want to know where we are going, we need to trace our trajectory, to see where we've come from. That is why archaeology is so important." (Can't think of a better way to be introduced to archaeology as an academic discipline than reading this funny, witty and informative book.) (展开)
0 有用 monomania 2015-07-05 02:51:57
"If we want to know where we are going, we need to trace our trajectory, to see where we've come from. That is why archaeology is so important." (Can't think of a better way to be introduced to archae... "If we want to know where we are going, we need to trace our trajectory, to see where we've come from. That is why archaeology is so important." (Can't think of a better way to be introduced to archaeology as an academic discipline than reading this funny, witty and informative book.) (展开)