Method in Archaeology: Middle-Range Theory as Hermeneuties
Peter Kosso
American Antiquity, Vol. 56, No. 4 (Oct., 1991), 621-627.
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‘Sat Nov 19 13:32:01 2005METHOD IN ARCHAEOLOGY:
MIDDLE-RANGE THEORY AS HERMENEUTICS
Peter Koso
Disagreements about methodology inarchacology are often located in terms ofthe mddle-range-theory approach
of Lewis Binford and the hermeneutic, contextual archacology of lan Hodder. These positions are usually presented,
in oppasition to each ather, but here they are shown to present very mauch the same methodological picture of
“archaeology. This specific analysis is more generally informative ofthe methodological relation between the natural
‘and Socal scences,
Desacuerdos aceren de metadologia en arqueotogta son frecuentementeplanteados en términas del enfogue de
teortade rango medio de Lewis Binfordy la perspectva hermenéuticay contextual de lan Hodder. Estas posciones
son presentadas normalmente en oposicidn, pero en el presente articulo se demuestra que ambas ofrecen una
imagen metodolégica similar de la arqueoiogia. Este andlsis resulta mas informativo
Marx and Jewish Emancipation Author(s) : Shlomo Avineri Source: Journal of The History of Ideas, Vol. 25, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 1964), Pp. 445-450 Published By: Stable URL: Accessed: 20/06/2014 19:19