Theoretical Biography on Sean Mcgrail

Style should be that of The Society for Historical Archaeology

(http://www.sha.org/Publications/ha_style.htm)

The theoretical biography is an exercise in communicating the intellectual development and contributions of Sean Mcgrail by his written work (do not call them). It is also an exercise in examining his intellectual development, communicating his contributions to the field, and assessing and critiquing the use of theory in his research. Additionally, you should assess the assumptions and apparent biases in his work. A large portion of the assignment should be dedicated to looking at the use of implicit and explicit theoretical views and notions in his research. Here is a short (i.e. not comprehensive) list of concepts to consider in his writings:

• Annales School

? Antiquarianism

? Behavioral Archaeology

? Cognitive Processualism

? Cultural Ecology

? Cultural Evolution

? Culture History

? Culture Process

 

? Darwinian Evolution

? Essentialism

? Ethnicity

? Feminism

? Fetishism

? Functionalism

? Gender

? Generalism

? History

? Idealism

? Identity

? Issues Of Agency

? Marxism

? Materialism

? Neo-Marxism

? New Social History

? Normative

? Particularism

? Phenomenology

? Positivism

? Post Modernism

? Postprocessualism

? Processualism

? Race

? Reflexivity

? Selectionism

? Social Constructivism

? Social Evolution

? Socio-Biology

? Status

? Structuralism

? Teleology

Remember to consider not only individual work, but the transitions or changes in his work through time (think thematically, theoretically, and temporally). Length: 6,000 words minimum (excluding citations, reference lists, captions, and titles)

Style should be that of The Society for Historical Archaeology

(http://www.sha.org/Publications/ha_style.htm)

This website http://www.paperbackswap.com/Sean-Mcgrail/author/ has a list of all the books written by Sean Mcgrail