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Preface
Michael Brian Schiffer
IX
I. INTRODUCTION
I
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2.
Behavioral Archaeology: Origins and the Four Strategies
3
Conceptual Foundations
9
II. INFERENCE AND FORMATION PROCESSES
3.
Archaeologicallnference
19
4.
Cultural Formation Processes
31
5.
Noncultural (Environmental) Formation Processes
42
6.
Identifying Formation Processes
53
7.
Building Chronologies: A Hohokam Case Study
62
8.
The Archaeological Process
71
III. TECHNOLOGY
9. 10.
Research on Technology: History and Overview Studying Technological Change
With James M. Skibo I I
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83
Ceramic Surface Treatments and Cooking Pot Performance
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BEHAVIORAL ARCHAEOLOGY Folk Theories and Scientific Theories: The Case of the Early Electric Automobile
106
13.
Long-Term Technological Competitions
117
14.
Technological Differentiation
128
15.
Differential Adoption and the Electric Lighthouse
135
16.
The Cascade Model of Invention Processes
141
IV. NEW DIRECTIONS
17.
The "New" Behavioral Archaeology
18.
Ritual and Religion
Kacy L. Hollenback 19.
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164
The Materiality of Social Power
With William H. Walker 2I
156
A Behavioral Theory of Meaning
With the assistance of Andrea R. Miller 20.
153
175
Landscapes
Kacy L. Hollenback
186
Bibliography
194
Index
216