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Style, Society, and Person

Archaeological and Ethnological Perspectives

Part of the book series: Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology (IDCA)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Integrating Approaches to Material Style in Theory and Philosophy

      • Christopher Carr, Jill E. Neitzel
      Pages 3-20
  3. High-Level Theory on the Causes of Style

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-25
    2. Style, Society, Myth, and Structure

      • Peter G. Roe
      Pages 27-76
    3. Style and the Self

      • Jerome A. Voss, Robert L. Young
      Pages 77-99
    4. Style, Perception, and Geometry

      • Dorothy K. Washburn
      Pages 101-122
    5. Style, Selection, and Historicity

      • David P. Braun
      Pages 123-141
  4. Middle-Range Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-150
    2. A Unified Middle-Range Theory of Artifact Design

      • Christopher Carr
      Pages 171-258
    3. Basketry of Northern California Indians

      • John Pryor, Christopher Carr
      Pages 259-296
    4. Cordage and Fabrics

      • Christopher Carr, Robert F. Maslowski
      Pages 297-343
    5. Iroquois False Face Masks

      • Beryl Rosenthal
      Pages 345-367
    6. Approaches to Style

      • Stephen Plog
      Pages 369-387
  5. Style in Complex Societies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 389-392
    2. Symbols to Power

      • Craig Morris
      Pages 419-433
  6. Postscript

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 435-435
    2. Future Directions for Material Style Studies

      • Christopher Carr, Jill E. Neitzel
      Pages 437-459

About this book

Style, Society, and Person integrates the diverse current and past understandings of the causes of style in material culture. It comprehensively surveys the many factors that cause style; reviews theories that address these factors; builds and tests a unifying framework for integrating the theories; and illustrates the framework with detailed analyses of archaeological and ethnographic data ranging from simple to complex societies. Archaeologists, sociocultural anthropologists, and educators will appreciate the unique unifying approach this book takes to developing style theory.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA

    Christopher Carr

  • Department of Anthropology, University of Delaware, Newark, USA

    Jill E. Neitzel

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Style, Society, and Person

  • Book Subtitle: Archaeological and Ethnological Perspectives

  • Editors: Christopher Carr, Jill E. Neitzel

  • Series Title: Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1097-4

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1995

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-44843-0Published: 28 February 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-1099-8Published: 12 June 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-1097-4Published: 11 November 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1568-2722

  • Series E-ISSN: 2730-6984

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 480

  • Topics: Archaeology

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Softcover Book USD 219.99
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