TY - BOOK AU - Praetzellis,Adrian TI - Archaeological theory in a nutshell SN - 9781003282594 U1 - 930.1071 23/eng/20221214 PY - 2023/// CY - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY PB - Routledge KW - Archaeology KW - Philosophy KW - Textbooks KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology KW - bisacsh N1 - How Theory Works -- Neoevolutionism -- Behavioral Archaeology -- Marxism -- Critical Theory -- Postcolonalism -- Indigenous Archaeology -- Feminism -- Queer Theory -- Structuralism -- Agency, Structure, and Structuration -- Transgressive Archaeologies -- Archaeological Biography -- Cognitive Archaeology -- Phenomenology -- Materiality and Thing Theory -- The Next Big Thing, or Where Do We Go From Here? -- Parlez-vous Po-Mo? A Mostly Postmodern Phrasebook N2 - "This book provides a brief, readable introduction to archaeological theory. Adrian Praetzellis demystifies a pile of tricky contemporary concepts for the theory-phobic undergraduate or beginning graduate student. This new edition adds chapters on Indigenous, cognitive, and behavioral archaeologies and now covers 15 contemporary theories from neoevolutionism to queer theory. Each chapter begins with a description of the concept, its origin and significance. Next up is an example of how an archaeologist has used the idea to understand their site, making the connection between the idea and the archaeology plain and unambiguous. Each chapter ends with discussion questions and suggestions for further reading. A glossary of postmodern discourse (including that word) concludes the book. Using plain English to clarify some of the more baffling ideas used in contemporary archaeology, this book"-- UR - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003282594 ER -