Behavioral archaeology is an emerging branch of anthropology emphasizing the study of relationships between human behavior and artifacts (material culture) in all times and places. As such, it aspir
This is a reprint of the Academic Press original of 1976, which was distinguished by inclusion in Books for College Libraries, 3d ed. Schiffer (U. of Arizona) provides a new introduction. Percheron
Schiffer (anthropology, U. of Arizona) has added an informative new preface to this paperbound reprint of his 1994 history of the electric car; he suggests that despite the Detroit Big Three's relucta
This handbook synthesizes the most important principles of cultural and environmental formation processes for both students and practicing archaeologists.Formation Process of the Archaeological Reco
As an artifact of culture, the portable radio is an unusual but perfect subject for investigation by archaeologist Schiffer. Seeing the history of everyday objects as the history of the life of a peop
In this ground-breaking work, the distinguished anthropological theorist, Michael Brian Schiffer, presents a profound challenge to the social sciences. Through a broad range of examples, he demonstrat
