Mats P Malmer
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 379653 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Mats P Malmer |
| NOMBRES | Mats P |
| APELLIDO | Malmer |
| FIRMA | MALMER M P |
| AFILIACIONES | Stockholm University |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 7 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 24 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1968 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2021 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
On Objectivity and Actualism in Archaeology
In archaeology objectivity is both possible and necessary. Objectivity primarily means that we at least try to find the truth about what happened in prehistory. A minor fact is worth more than a great fiction. Archaeological actualism has three main variants: ethnoarchaeology, archaeological experiments, and our own personal, subjective impressions of the archaeological material compared with basic physical phenomena in the world around us. Perso…
On Theoretical Realism in Archaeology
In the 1960s the American New Archaeology recommended a logical empiricist, positivist research programme. But in philosophy positivism was by then already out of date. Also in archaeology it was much criticized, and some post-processualists ended up in total relativism. It has been maintained that we cannot attain any objective truth about the past, but have to form a subjective picture of it. But archaeology does not have to choose between posi…
Weight systems in the Scandinavian Bronze Age
The current received view is that the economy of the Bronze Age of northern Europe was based on gift exchange rather than trade. This paper, based on a comparative analysis of three groups of Scandinavian bronze and gold artefacts - bronze statuettes of 'goddesses with necklets', golden 'oath rings' and Fårdrup bronze axes - suggest that there were one or more standard weight systems in use in Bronze Age Scandinavia. The author uses these data to…
What the New Archaeology Has Accomplished [and Comments and Reply]
Carl‐Axel Moberg 21.2.1915 — 3.4.1987
Comment on Egil Bakka: Methodological problems in the study of Gold Bracteates, Norw. Arch. Rev. 1, 5–35
Problems of storage and communication of information in the study of gold bracteates
What the New Archaeology Has Accomplished [and Comments and Reply]
On Theoretical Realism in Archaeology
In the 1960s the American New Archaeology recommended a logical empiricist, positivist research programme. But in philosophy positivism was by then already out of date. Also in archaeology it was much criticized, and some post-processualists ended up in total relativism. It has been maintained that we cannot attain any objective truth about the past, but have to form a subjective picture of it. But archaeology does not have to choose between posi…
Weight systems in the Scandinavian Bronze Age
The current received view is that the economy of the Bronze Age of northern Europe was based on gift exchange rather than trade. This paper, based on a comparative analysis of three groups of Scandinavian bronze and gold artefacts - bronze statuettes of 'goddesses with necklets', golden 'oath rings' and Fårdrup bronze axes - suggest that there were one or more standard weight systems in use in Bronze Age Scandinavia. The author uses these data to…
Problems of storage and communication of information in the study of gold bracteates
Comment on Egil Bakka: Methodological problems in the study of Gold Bracteates, Norw. Arch. Rev. 1, 5–35
Carl‐Axel Moberg 21.2.1915 — 3.4.1987
What the New Archaeology Has Accomplished [and Comments and Reply]
Weight systems in the Scandinavian Bronze Age
The current received view is that the economy of the Bronze Age of northern Europe was based on gift exchange rather than trade. This paper, based on a comparative analysis of three groups of Scandinavian bronze and gold artefacts - bronze statuettes of 'goddesses with necklets', golden 'oath rings' and Fårdrup bronze axes - suggest that there were one or more standard weight systems in use in Bronze Age Scandinavia. The author uses these data to…
On Theoretical Realism in Archaeology
In the 1960s the American New Archaeology recommended a logical empiricist, positivist research programme. But in philosophy positivism was by then already out of date. Also in archaeology it was much criticized, and some post-processualists ended up in total relativism. It has been maintained that we cannot attain any objective truth about the past, but have to form a subjective picture of it. But archaeology does not have to choose between posi…
On Objectivity and Actualism in Archaeology
In archaeology objectivity is both possible and necessary. Objectivity primarily means that we at least try to find the truth about what happened in prehistory. A minor fact is worth more than a great fiction. Archaeological actualism has three main variants: ethnoarchaeology, archaeological experiments, and our own personal, subjective impressions of the archaeological material compared with basic physical phenomena in the world around us. Perso…
History (7 obras) · Archaeology (6 obras) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (3 obras) · Geography (3 obras) · History (3 obras) · Archaeological Research and Protection (2 obras) · Computer Science (2 obras) · Epistemology (2 obras) · Historical and Archaeological Studies (2 obras) · Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction (2 obras)