Style, Society, and Person: Archaeological and Ethnological Perspectives (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology)

__Style, Society, and Person__ integrates the diverse current and past understandings of the causes of style in material culture. It comprehensively surveys the many factors that cause style; reviews theories that address these factors; builds and tests a unifying framework for integrating the theories; and illustrates the framework with detailed analyses of archaeological and ethnographic data ranging from simple to complex societies. Archaeologists, sociocultural anthropologists, and educators will appreciate the unique unifying approach this book takes to developing style theory. Front Matter....Pages i-xx Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Integrating Approaches to Material Style in Theory and Philosophy....Pages 3-20 Front Matter....Pages 21-25 Style, Society, Myth, and Structure....Pages 27-76 Style and the Self....Pages 77-99 Style, Perception, and Geometry....Pages 101-122 Style, Selection, and Historicity....Pages 123-141 Front Matter....Pages 143-150 Building a Unified Middle-Range Theory of Artifact Design....Pages 151-170 A Unified Middle-Range Theory of Artifact Design....Pages 171-258 Basketry of Northern California Indians....Pages 259-296 Cordage and Fabrics....Pages 297-343 Iroquois False Face Masks....Pages 345-367 Approaches to Style....Pages 369-387 Front Matter....Pages 389-392 Elite Styles in Hierarchically Organized Societies....Pages 393-417 Symbols to Power....Pages 419-433 Front Matter....Pages 435-435 Future Directions for Material Style Studies....Pages 437-459 Back Matter....Pages 461-480