Robert Ascher
Biographic Data
| ID | 153445 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Ascher |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Ascher |
| SIGNATURE | ASCHER R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cornell University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 557 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1959 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Films Are Dreams that Wander in the Light of Day . 1989. A video by Sylvia Sensiper
The Human Revolution
Film reviews
Approach, Theory, and Technique in the Making of Bar Yohai1 Bar Yohai Anthropological Film as Celebration Television Believers A film by Aaron Ranen, Third Wave Media. 1986, 1/2", 3/4”, NTSC, color, 28 minutes. Distributed by Filmakers Library, Inc., 124 E. 40th Street, Suite 901, New York, NY 10016, USA, tele. 212–808–4980. Price: purchase $300, rental $55
Ethnomathematics
Sculpting Americans
Ethnology
How to Build A Time Capsule
Tin✻Can archæology
Excavation of a slave cabin
Cues I
A long-range experiment aimed at shedding light on what happens within archaeological sites during their natural history phase was begun in the spring, 1968, with the planning and building of a pie-shaped structure that houses several kinds of materials. By the winter, 1968, gross changes in the structure were already in evidence
School of Thought in Archaeology
Two recent articles in this journal misidentify a theoretical orientation and then contrast this misidentification with another orientation. Archaeology does not gain in this way
Some Comments Concerning Hockett and Ascher's Contribution on the Human Revolution
Archeology
Culture and the Direction of Human Evolution
The Human Revolution [and Comments and Reply]
Except for an introductory discussion of methodology, this paper is an effort at a narrative account of the evolution of our ancestors from proto-hominoid times to the earliest fully human stage
Chronological Ordering by Computer
Ethnography for Archeology
Function and Prehistoric Art
Experimental Archeology1
Analogy in Archaeological Interpretation
Archaeology and the Public Image
The archaeological content of ten years of Life magazine is analyzed in an attempt to identify what may go into formulating the public's images of the archaeologist and his goals. The four themes which appear in the 34 Life articles are: chance nature of archaeological discovery, role of the archaeologist as an expert, emphasis on technical knowledge and skills, and heavy use of superlatives. Analysis of other mass media, including fiction and ca…
Waterfall Cave, Southern Chihuahua, Mexico
This cave in the Sierra Madre Occidental was excavated to obtain information from a little-known region which might help clarify problems of Mexican-Southwestern contacts. The excavation produced ten burials with associated mats and blankets, only a few artifacts, and both cultivated and gathered plant remains. Stylistic elements of Mogollon and Casas Grandes pottery and the cultivated plants suggest a beginning date of A.D. 1000; the lack of Eur…
A Prehistoric Population Estimate Using Midden Analysis and Two Population Models
The Human Revolution
Analogy in Archaeological Interpretation
Excavation of a slave cabin
The Human Revolution [and Comments and Reply]
Except for an introductory discussion of methodology, this paper is an effort at a narrative account of the evolution of our ancestors from proto-hominoid times to the earliest fully human stage
Experimental Archeology1
Tin✻Can archæology
Chronological Ordering by Computer
Ethnography for Archeology
A Prehistoric Population Estimate Using Midden Analysis and Two Population Models
Waterfall Cave, Southern Chihuahua, Mexico
This cave in the Sierra Madre Occidental was excavated to obtain information from a little-known region which might help clarify problems of Mexican-Southwestern contacts. The excavation produced ten burials with associated mats and blankets, only a few artifacts, and both cultivated and gathered plant remains. Stylistic elements of Mogollon and Casas Grandes pottery and the cultivated plants suggest a beginning date of A.D. 1000; the lack of Eur…
Ethnomathematics
Cues I
A long-range experiment aimed at shedding light on what happens within archaeological sites during their natural history phase was begun in the spring, 1968, with the planning and building of a pie-shaped structure that houses several kinds of materials. By the winter, 1968, gross changes in the structure were already in evidence
Archaeology and the Public Image
The archaeological content of ten years of Life magazine is analyzed in an attempt to identify what may go into formulating the public's images of the archaeologist and his goals. The four themes which appear in the 34 Life articles are: chance nature of archaeological discovery, role of the archaeologist as an expert, emphasis on technical knowledge and skills, and heavy use of superlatives. Analysis of other mass media, including fiction and ca…
Sculpting Americans
How to Build A Time Capsule
School of Thought in Archaeology
Two recent articles in this journal misidentify a theoretical orientation and then contrast this misidentification with another orientation. Archaeology does not gain in this way
Some Comments Concerning Hockett and Ascher's Contribution on the Human Revolution
A Prehistoric Population Estimate Using Midden Analysis and Two Population Models
Archaeology and the Public Image
The archaeological content of ten years of Life magazine is analyzed in an attempt to identify what may go into formulating the public's images of the archaeologist and his goals. The four themes which appear in the 34 Life articles are: chance nature of archaeological discovery, role of the archaeologist as an expert, emphasis on technical knowledge and skills, and heavy use of superlatives. Analysis of other mass media, including fiction and ca…
Waterfall Cave, Southern Chihuahua, Mexico
This cave in the Sierra Madre Occidental was excavated to obtain information from a little-known region which might help clarify problems of Mexican-Southwestern contacts. The excavation produced ten burials with associated mats and blankets, only a few artifacts, and both cultivated and gathered plant remains. Stylistic elements of Mogollon and Casas Grandes pottery and the cultivated plants suggest a beginning date of A.D. 1000; the lack of Eur…
Function and Prehistoric Art
Experimental Archeology1
Analogy in Archaeological Interpretation
Ethnography for Archeology
Chronological Ordering by Computer
The Human Revolution [and Comments and Reply]
Except for an introductory discussion of methodology, this paper is an effort at a narrative account of the evolution of our ancestors from proto-hominoid times to the earliest fully human stage
Archeology
Culture and the Direction of Human Evolution
Some Comments Concerning Hockett and Ascher's Contribution on the Human Revolution
School of Thought in Archaeology
Two recent articles in this journal misidentify a theoretical orientation and then contrast this misidentification with another orientation. Archaeology does not gain in this way
Cues I
A long-range experiment aimed at shedding light on what happens within archaeological sites during their natural history phase was begun in the spring, 1968, with the planning and building of a pie-shaped structure that houses several kinds of materials. By the winter, 1968, gross changes in the structure were already in evidence
Excavation of a slave cabin
How to Build A Time Capsule
Tin✻Can archæology
Ethnology
Sculpting Americans
Ethnomathematics
Film reviews
Approach, Theory, and Technique in the Making of Bar Yohai1 Bar Yohai Anthropological Film as Celebration Television Believers A film by Aaron Ranen, Third Wave Media. 1986, 1/2", 3/4”, NTSC, color, 28 minutes. Distributed by Filmakers Library, Inc., 124 E. 40th Street, Suite 901, New York, NY 10016, USA, tele. 212–808–4980. Price: purchase $300, rental $55
Films Are Dreams that Wander in the Light of Day . 1989. A video by Sylvia Sensiper
The Human Revolution
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