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Behavioral Archeology by Michael Brian Schiffer
RRP: £32.00Booksplease Price: £31.53Originally published by Academic Press in 1976, this book has become a foundational statement in archaeological methodology and has had a lasting impact on the discipline. As Michael Schiffer writes... -
Behavioral Archaeology by Michael Brian Schiffer 9780874805017
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £16.77Behavioral 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... -
Anthropological Perspectives on Technology by Michael Brian Schiffer
Booksplease Price: £57.11These fourteen original essays accept a dual premise: technology pervades and is embedded in all human activities. By taking that approach, studies of technology address two questions central in... -
Archaeology's Footprints in the Modern World by Michael Brian Schiffer
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £17.76What is the social value of archaeological research to present-day society? Michael Schiffer answers this question with forty-three case studies from a global perspective to demonstrate archaeology's... -
The Strong Case Approach in Behavioral Archaeology by Michael Brian Schiffer
Booksplease Price: £42.77Although all archaeologists subscribe in principle to building strong cases in support of their inferences, behavioural archaeology alone has created methodology for developing strong cases in... -
Studying Technological Change: A Behavioral Approach by Michael Brian Schiffer
Booksplease Price: £48.34Studying Technological Change synthesizes nearly four decades of research by Michael Brian Schiffer, a cofounder of the field of behavioral archaeology. This new book asks historical and scientific... -
Formation Processes of the Archaeological Record by Michael Brian Schiffer 9780874805130
RRP: £31.00Booksplease Price: £26.93This handbook synthesizes the most important principles of cultural and environmental formation processes for both students and practicing archaeologists. Formation Process of the Archaeological... -
Spectacular Flops: Game-Changing Technologies That Failed by Michael Brian Schiffer
RRP: £29.00Booksplease Price: £27.39Many technologies begin life as someone's vision of an ambitious, perhaps audacious, technology that is expected to have a revolutionary impact on consumers-whether families, companies, or societies... -
The Archaeology of Science: Studying the Creation of Useful Knowledge by Michael Brian Schiffer 9783319118680
RRP: £49.99Booksplease Price: £46.28This manual pulls together-and illustrates with interesting case studies-the variety of specialized and generalized archaeological research strategies that yield new insights into science. Throughout... -
The Archaeology of Science: Studying the Creation of Useful Knowledge by Michael Brian Schiffer 9783319032740
Booksplease Price: £46.74This manual pulls together-and illustrates with interesting case studies-the variety of specialized and generalized archaeological research strategies that yield new insights into science. Throughout... -
The Archaeology of Science: Studying the Creation of Useful Knowledge by Michael Brian Schiffer 9783319000763
Booksplease Price: £46.28This manual pulls together-and illustrates with interesting case studies-the variety of specialized and generalized archaeological research strategies that yield new insights into science. Throughout... -
The Material Life of Human Beings: Artifacts, Behavior and Communication Michael Brian Schiffer 9780415200332
RRP: £49.99Booksplease Price: £45.23In 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... -
Scoop of the Century: The Fateful Odyssey of Reporter Stella Weiss by Michael Brian Schiffer 9781734706987
Booksplease Price: £13.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734706987Author Michael Brian SchifferFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint MindStir... -
Draw the Lightning Down: Benjamin Franklin and Electrical Technology in the Age of Enlightenment by Michael Brian Schiffer 9780520248298
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £23.54Most of us know - at least we've heard - that Benjamin Franklin conducted some kind of electrical experiment with a kite. What few of us realize - and what this book makes powerfully clear - is that... -
Hot Pursuit: Integrating Anthropology in Search of Ancient Glass-blowers by Alysia Fischer 9780739109601
Booksplease Price: £96.35Within the broader context of the Anthropology of Craft, this volume examines ancient glass-workers at the site of Sepphoris, in northern Israel. By drawing upon the knowledge and experience of... -
Pottery Ethnoarchaeology in the Michoacan Sierra by Michael J. Shott 9781607816225
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £28.62Although most ceramic studies describe vessel production and use, the causes and rates of pottery discard are often neglected in archaeological studies. Michael Shott presents analytical methods for... -
Earth Sciences and Archaeology by Paul Goldberg 9780306462795
Booksplease Price: £91.36Earth Sciences and Archaeology brings together contributions from an experienced group of archaeologists and geologists whose common objective is to present thorough and current reviews of the... -
Life at Home in the Twenty-First Century: 32 Families Open Their Doors by Jeanne E. Arnold
Booksplease Price: £22.61Winner of the 2014 John Collier Jr. Award. Winner of the Jo Anne Stolaroff Cotsen Prize. Life at Home in the Twenty-First Century cross-cuts the ranks of important books on social history,... -
Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age by W. Bernard Carlson 9780691165615
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £15.51Nikola Tesla was a major contributor to the electrical revolution that transformed daily life at the turn of the twentieth century. His inventions, patents, and theoretical work formed the basis of...