Are Emic Types Relevant to Archaeology? Export

@article{citeulike:1824179, abstract = {One class of cautionary tales which have been generated by ethno-archaeological studies deals with the lack of correspondence between emic and etic artifact types and concludes that archaeological types are not meaningful. This paper examines the purpose of classifications versus typology, expanding on Krieger's distinctions. From this perspective, it must be concluded that both native groups and archaeologists have specific and often varied reasons for grouping objects. The reasons archaeologists are interested in grouping objects may correspond in whole or in part to native reasons or they may not correspond at all. Where native and archaeological interests overlap, archaeologists stand to increase their understanding by studying native typologies. Where there is little or no overlap, archaeologists stand to gain little.}, author = {Hayden, Brian}, citeulike-article-id = {1824179}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/482057}, journal = {Ethnohistory}, keywords = {archaeology, prehistory, style, theory}, number = {2}, pages = {79--92}, posted-at = {2007-10-26 09:16:43}, priority = {2}, title = {Are Emic Types Relevant to Archaeology?}, url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/482057}, volume = {31}, year = {1984} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1824179 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1824179 N2 - One class of cautionary tales which have been generated by ethno-archaeological studies deals with the lack of correspondence between emic and etic artifact types and concludes that archaeological types are not meaningful. This paper examines the purpose of classifications versus typology, expanding on Krieger's distinctions. From this perspective, it must be concluded that both native groups and archaeologists have specific and often varied reasons for grouping objects. The reasons archaeologists are interested in grouping objects may correspond in whole or in part to native reasons or they may not correspond at all. Where native and archaeological interests overlap, archaeologists stand to increase their understanding by studying native typologies. Where there is little or no overlap, archaeologists stand to gain little. IS - 2 JF - Ethnohistory EP - 92 TI - Are Emic Types Relevant to Archaeology? VL - 31 SP - 79 KW - archaeology KW - prehistory KW - style KW - theory AU - Hayden, Brian PY - 1984/// UR - http://www.jstor.org/stable/482057 ER -