History and Archaeological Theory

Walter Taylor Revisited

Bibliographic Data

ID2575392
AuthorsJames Deetz (Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, corresponding author)
Year1988
Volume53
Issue1
Pages13-22
Publication date1988-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Antiquity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/281151
OpenAlexW2322670880
LanguageEN
Citations received38
References cited5

After nearly four decades, Taylor's discussion of the relation between history and anthropology remain remarkably fresh and are used throughout this presentation. History and anthropology have similar concerns for understanding the human experience and process; the primary concern of anthropology, however, is culture. By examining the semantic domain of both fields, their relation is clarified. The primary data base of historiography, ethnography, and archaeology consists of documents, ethnography, and material remains, respectively. Historiography, ethnography, and archaeology are methods, and no more. Theoretical considerations reside at the higher level of ethnology-the comparative study of culture

Archaeology · Ethnography · Historical anthropology · Historiography · Material culture · Relation (database) · Sociology · Anthropology · Archaeological Research and Protection · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History