On this episode of A Life in Ruins Podcast, we delve into the post-Boas anthropological theorists. We begin with an overview of four of Boas's most well known students: Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, Edward Sapir and Alfred Kroeber. We then just focus on the history of archaeological theory beginning with the Culture Historical approach, New Archaeology, and the Post-Processual Critique. If you have left a podcast review on iTunes or Spotify, please email us at [alifeinruinspodcast@gmail.com](mailto:alifeinruinspodcast@gmail.com "‌") so we can get shipping information to send you a sticker. If you are listening to this episode on the "Archaeology Podcast Network All Shows Feed," please consider subscribing to the "A Life in Ruins Podcast" channel to support our show. Listening to and downloading our episodes on the A Life in Ruins channel helps our podcast grow. So please, subscribe to the A Life in Ruins Podcast, hosted by the Archaeology Podcast Network, on whichever platform you use to listen to us on the "All Shows Feed." Please support our show by following our channel. Transcripts For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/ruins/142 Literature Recommendations * Visions of Culture: An Introduction to Anthropological Theories and Theorists Fifth Edition by Jerry D. Moore [https://www.amazon.com/Visions-Culture-Introduction-Anthropological-Theorists/dp/1442266643] * Archaeological Theory in Practice 2nd Edition by Edward Schortman and Patricia Urban [https://www.amazon.com/Archaeological-Theory-Practice-Patricia-Urban/dp/1138202800/ref=sr/_1/_1?crid=16K42RCD56XAM&keywords=Archaeological%20Theory%20in%20Practice%20by%20Patricia%20Urban%20and%20Edward%20Schortman&qid=1675642838&s=books&sprefix=archaeological%20theory%20in%20practice%20by%20patricia%20urban%20and%20edward%20schortman%2Cstripbooks%2C103&sr=1-1] * Archaeology 7th Edition by Robert L. Kelly & David Hurst Thomas [https://www.amazon.com/Archaeology-Robert-L-Kelly/dp/130567040X/ref=sr/_1/_1?crid=2XH4RB0LKAYJL&keywords=archaeology%207th%20edition%20kelly&qid=1675642913&s=books&sprefix=archaeology%207th%20edition%20kelly%2Cstripbooks%2C114&sr=1-1] Contact * Email: alifeinruinspodcast@gmail.com * Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast [https://www.instagram.com/alifeinruinspodcast] * Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast [https://www.facebook.com/alifeinruinspodcast] * Twitter: @alifeinruinspod [https://www.twitter.com/alifeinruinspod] * Website: www.alifeinruins.com [https://www.alifeinruins.com/] * Ruins on APN: https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/ruins * Store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/alifeinruins/shop Affiliates * Wildnote [http://www.wildnoteapp.com/] * TeePublic [https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=5724&ref_type=aff] * Timeular [https://timeular.com/ref/chriswebster/] * Motion [https://www.archpodnet.com/motion]