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Book Review: Chiefdoms and Other Archaeological Delusions, by Timothy R. Pauketat. Lanham: AltaMira Press.
(2008)
Abstract
Archaeology, Timothy Pauketat asserts, "has an inferiority complex" (2). It is for this reason that archaeologists have often tried to analyze the aspects of mostly material culture they find by applying ethnological theory, or at least they tried to fit their analyses into ethnological concepts. As the title of his book suggests, Pauketat, an archaeologist himself, has some doubts on whether that is such a good idea. In fact, he thinks that it
leads to delusions.
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Publication Date
2008
Comments
2008. Braun, S. Posted with permission.
Citation Information
Sebastian Braun. "Book Review: Chiefdoms and Other Archaeological Delusions, by Timothy R. Pauketat. Lanham: AltaMira Press." (2008) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/sebastian-braun/36/