caa a22 4500 465803350 CHVBK 20180323112057.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19901201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01116876 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01116876 Agorsah E. aut Ethnoarchaeology: the search for a self-corrective approach to the study of past human behaviour [Elektronische Daten] [E. Agorsah] This paper examines current trends in ethnoarchaeological studies and their implications for the interpretation of evidence from Africa and ‘Third World' areas generally. Significant emerging issues related to data collection, analysis, use of analogy, the concept of ethnicity or group identification, settlement pattern analysis, cultural adaptation and continuity are addressed. Using examples from research in Africa the paper calls for a redefinition of ethnoarchaeology in a fashion that identifies its two-face nature as well as the theoretical and methodological orientations that provide results which go beyond mere collections and description of data. Crucial issues related to various stages and aspects of ethnoarchaeological research procedure are discussed in order to demonstrate the importance of a systematic use of ethnoarchaeological data that provides checks and balances leading to a more objective interpretation of archaeological data. Ethnoarchaeology should not be considered as an end in itself but as one of the many tools which can be used to refine our explanation for understanding of past human behaviour. Cambridge University Press, 1990 African Archaeological Review Kluwer Academic Publishers 8/1(1990-12-01), 189-208 0263-0338 8:1<189 1990 8 10437 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01116876 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01116876 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Agorsah E. aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- African Archaeological Review Kluwer Academic Publishers 8/1(1990-12-01), 189-208 0263-0338 8:1<189 1990 8 10437 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer