ARCH 1030 Study Guide - Final Guide: Evolutionism, Practice Theory, Materialism
12 May 2014
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Culture-history trying to write histories of peoples (sharing the same culture) in prehistory ( people" defined on the basis of shared archeological record). These said people embody the ethnic history of the group they belong to. Critique of this theory is that ethnographic studies suggests many cases where people do not always share the same practices (dwelling, burial practices, material culture); and can also have two different people living in a very similar way. Diffusionism: cultures are the accumulation of ideas that spread from one location to another. Cultural evolutionism: cultures are the product of progressive development from simpler to more complex forms. Cultural ecology: cultures are the product of adaptation to the environment. Cultural materialism: cultures are the product of material needs and economic production. Historical materialism: cultures are the product of economic production and social conflict. Structuralism: cultures are the product of systems of symbols, thought and belief.
