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Evidence And Interpretation In The Archaeology Of Jamaica, E. Kofi Agorsah
Evidence And Interpretation In The Archaeology Of Jamaica, E. Kofi Agorsah
Black Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations
One of the most challenging statements in the Archaeology of the New World is the one made by James Deetz, an eminent Archaeologist, that: "The personalities of prehistory will remain forever nameless and without faces", (Deetz 1977). Any one with background training in prehistoric Archaeology of the Old ~rid would at first glance at the statement view it with scorn. I was no exception to this reaction. But when I started updating myself on archaeological studies in the Caribbean I started giving the statement a serious thought especially having come across Clinton Black's description of the first Jamaicans as "a …
Current Trends In Method And Theory Of Ethnoarchaeological Research In Africa, E. Kofi Agorsah
Current Trends In Method And Theory Of Ethnoarchaeological Research In Africa, E. Kofi Agorsah
Black Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations
In the Social Sciences there is the need to imitate approaches that are based on properly organized theoretical and methodological frameworks. This also applies to ethnoarchaeology. It is from this perspective that this paper views current trends in the ethnoarchaeological enterprise as one that needs to be reviewed in order to give it a scientific touch that will carry it beyond the boundaries of mere accumulation of ethnographic data or the making of half-baked generalizations. Beyond such boundaries and with emphasis on explanation rather than description, the ethnoarchaeological enterprise can be considered systematic.