People and Things
Schiffer, Michael Brian / Skibo, James M.
People and Things: A Behavioral Approach to Material CultureJames M. Skibo, Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois, Normal, ILMichael B. Schiffer, Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
The core of archaeology is the relationship between people and things. Left without informants and, in many cases, textual data, archaeologists strive to reconstruct past life through the window of artifacts: things made, used...