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University of California Press The Fifth Beginning What Six Million Years of
Book SynopsisI have seen yesterday. I know tomorrow. This inscription in Tutankhamun's tomb summarizesThe Fifth Beginning. Here, archaeologist Robert L. Kelly explains how the study of our cultural past can predict the future of humanity. In an eminently readable style, Kelly identifies four key pivot points in the six-million-year history of human development: the emergence of technology, culture, agriculture, and the state. In each example, the author examines the long-term processes that resulted in a definitive, no-turning-backchange for the organization of society. Kelly then looks ahead, giving us evidence for what he calls afifth beginning, one that started about AD 1500. Some might call it globalization, but the author places it in its larger context:a five-thousand-year arms race, capitalism's global reach, and the cultural effects of a worldwide communication network. Kelly predicts that the emergent phenomena of this fifth beginning will include the end of war as a viable way to resolve disputes, the end of capitalism as we know it, the widespread shift toward world citizenship, and the rise of forms of cooperation that will end the near-sacred status of nation-states. It's the end of life as we have known it. However, the author is cautiously optimistic: he dwells not on the coming chaos, but on humanity's great potential. Trade Review"This closely argued and beautifully written book is a brilliant statement as to why archaeology, and an archaeological perspective, are of central importance in today’s world. . . . It’s a cliché these days to remark that a book belongs on everyone’s bookshelves, but in this case it’s the truth. Everyone interested in the past and the future will find this a wonderful starting point for their thinking. Above all, it talks about archaeology in fluent and jargon-free language that will appeal to a very broad audience indeed. This isn’t a book about the romance of archaeology or spectacular discoveries. It’s, quite simply, the best essay on archaeology I’ve ever read. I hope it becomes a classic." -- Brian Fagan * Current World Archaeology *Table of ContentsPreface 1. The End of the World as We Know It 2. How Archaeologists Think 3. Sticks and Stones: The Beginning of Technology 4. Beads and Stories: The Beginning of Culture 5. Bread and Beer: The Beginning of Agriculture 6. Kings and Chains: The Beginning of the State 7. Nothing Lasts Forever: The Fifth Beginning Notes Bibliography Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Archaeological Process
Book Synopsis* The latest contribution to debates about archaeological theory by this leading figure in the field. * Provides a provocative, yet accessible, overview of the most important new school of archaeological thought and practice to have emerged over last 20 years.Trade Review"The most important study of its kind to have appeared since Wheeler's Archaeology from the Earth in 1954...Prof. Hodder has issued a clear and cogent challenge to which our profession should respond." Antiquity.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations. Preface: Digging Outside the Shelter. Acknowledgements. 1. Crises in Global Archaeology. 2. Archaeology - Bridging Humanity and Science. 3. How do Archaeologists Reason?. 4. Interpreting Material Culture. 5. Towards a Reflexive Method. 6. The Natural Sciences in Archaeology. 7. Using the New Information Technologies. 8. Windows into Deep Time: Towards a Multiscalar Approach. 9. Archaeology and Globalism. 10. Can the New Technologies Deliver a Reflexive Methodology?. 11. Conclusion: Towards Non-dichotomous Thinking in Archaeology. Bibliography. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Archaeologies of Landscape
Book Synopsis* Wide--ranging geographical and historical coverage. * Includes new research data. * Includes contributions from a variety of perspectives. .Trade Review"Good insights for landscape historians and archaeologists." Landscape History "The varied contributions and stimulating interpretations combine with a strong and thought-provoking introduction by the editors and useful concluding commentaries on sacred landscapes and everyday places and cosmologies to produce a well-structured book of unusually powerful appeal." LandscapesTable of Contents1. Archaeological Landscapes: Constructed, Conceptualized, Ideational: A. Bernard Knapp and Wendy Ashmore. Part I: Ethnographic and Historical Cases:. 2. Identifying Ancient Sacred Landscapes in Australia: From Physical to Social: Paul S. C. Taçon. 3. Creating Social Identity in the Landscape: Tidewater, Virginia 1600-1750: Lisa Kealhofer. 4. Conceptual Landscapes in the Egyptian Nile Valley: Janet E. Richards. 5. Buddhist Landscapes in East Asia: Gina L. Barnes. 6. Mountains, Caves, Water: Ideational Landscapes of the Ancient Maya: James E. Brady and Wendy Ashmore. Part II: Protohistoric / Ethnohistoric Cases:. 7. The Inca Cognition of Landscape: Archaeology, Ethnohistory, and the Aesthetic of Alterity: Maarten van de Guchte. 8. The Ideology of Settlement: Ancestral Keres Landscapes in the Northern Rio Grande: James E. Snead and Robert W. Preucel. Part III: Prehistoric Cases:. 9. Centering the Ancestors: Cemeteries, Mounds and Sacred Landscapes of the Ancient North American Midcontinent: Jane E. Buikstra and Douglas K. Charles. 10. Ideational and Industrial Landscape of Prehistoric Cyprus: A. Bernard Knapp. 11. The Mythical Landscapes of the British Iron Age: John C. Barrett. Part IV: Commentaries:. 12. Sacred Landscapes: Constructed and Conceptualized: Carole L. Crumley. 13. Exploring Everyday Places and Cosmologies: Peter van Dommelen. Index.
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Princeton University Press From Ancient to Modern
Book SynopsisAs archaeologists unearth the past, they seek meaning or purpose for the objects they uncover by looking at the objects themselves and their archaeological context. Art historians, on the other hand, primarily focus on aesthetics, asking why a particular object stimulates our senses, and what that tells us about ourselves. From Ancient to Modern ofTrade Review"Indispensable."--Ken Johnson, New York TimesTable of Contents6 Letter from Julian Siggers Williams Director, University of Pennsylvania, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 8 Letter from Roger S. Bagnall Leon Levy, Director, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World 10 Acknowledgments Jennifer Y. Chi, Exhibitions Director and Chief Curator, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World 16 From Ancient to Modern: A Chronology 20 Map 22 1 Glam-UR-ous: The Art of Archaeology and Aesthetics Jennifer Y. Chi, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World Pedro Azara, Polytechnic University of Catalonia 54 2 The Golden Image of Archaeology before the Second World War Pedro Azara, Polytechnic University of Catalonia Marc Marin, Polytechnic University of Catalonia 86 3 Magnificent with Jewels: Puabi, Queen of Ur William B. Hafford, University of Pennsylvania, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Richard L. Zettler, University of Pennsylvania, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 106 4 Puabi's Diadem(s): The Deconstruction of a Mesopotamian Icon Holly Pittman, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Naomi F. Miller, Department of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania 132 5 What Does Puabi Want (Today)? The Status of Puabi as Image Kim Benzel, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 162 6 Ground to Gallery: The Discovery, Interpretation, and Display of Early Dynastic Sculpture from the Iraq Expedition of the Oriental Institute Jack D. M. Green, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago Jean M. Evans, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago 194 Appendix: Back to the Beginning; The Aesthetics and Allure of Field Records Clemens Reichel, Royal Ontario Museum and the University of Toronto 202 Exhibition Checklist 231 Bibliography 239 Photography and Drawing Credits
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Princeton University Press Arab Patriotism The Ideology and Culture of
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This study is a significant step in clarifying identity in the Arab provinces during the 19th century regarding both the Ottoman Empire and within the provinces themselves." * Choice *"Mestyan is at his best when he excavates and reconstructs lines connecting diverse and often obscure individuals to equally diverse institutions of power."---Wilson Chacko Jacob, American Historical Review"Adam Mestyan’s Arab Patriotism is an ambitious project on the Ottoman province of Egypt . . . in the nineteenth century."---Side Emre, Bustan"Arab Patriotism is an ambitious study. Dealing with Egyptian history from the 1830s to the 1890s, it addresses two hitherto relatively unexplored subjects. . . . Throughout, the study presents fresh material and opens new perspectives on Egyptian history. The book is a significant contribution to the history of modern Egypt."---James Jankowski, Journal of Arabic LiteratureTable of ContentsList of Illustrations vii List of Tables ix Notes on Transliteration, Names, Titles, and Currency xi Introduction 1 I The Making of the Khedivate 17 1 The Ottoman Origins of Arab Patriotism 21 2 The Ottoman Legitimation of Power: The Khedivate 50 3 The European Aesthetics of Khedivial Power 84 II "A Garden with Mellow Fruits of Refinement" 121 4 A Gentle Revolution 125 5 Constitutionalism and Revolution: The Arab Opera 164 III The Reinvention of the Khedivate 199 6 Harun al-Rashid under Occupation 203 7 Behind the Scenes: A Committee and the Law, 1880s-1900s 238 8 Distinction: Mustafa Kamil and the Making of an Arab Prince 268 Conclusion: The Ottoman Origin of Arab Nationalisms 303 Acknowledgments 309 Abbreviations 311 Works Cited 313 Index 345
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Princeton University Press Greek Art and Aesthetics in the Fourth Century
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[This] book furnishes us with our best – and most splendidly illustrated – single-volume anthology of art in the fourth century."---Michael Squire, Greece and Rome"More than amply inclusive, detailed and documented, and beautifully illustrated.—Mark Fullerton, Bryn Mawr Classical Review"
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Princeton University Press The Transformation of Athens
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Co-Winner of the 2019 Runciman Award, Anglo-Hellenic League""Osborne’s gifts as an observer of ancient art are beyond dispute. His discussions of the vase scenes he has chosen to explore are filled with the kind of insight that make one inclined to accept any conclusions to which they might lead. His book offers a radically new approach to the Attic vases, one that might even achieve the two grand goals Osborne sets for it: not only to 'rewrite the history of art' but also to 'rewrite history.'"---James Romm, New York Review of Books"Osborne’s book is original and important, as is its advocacy of a shift away from questions of technique and influence . . . towards attention to subject and manner of representation." * Times Higher Education *"[The Transfomation of Athens] reinstates Athenian pottery to the place it deserves and acknowledges the enormous potential of painted vases to illuminate many areas of Greek culture. . . . This is a lucid, engaging and persuasive book."---Diana Rodríguez Pérez, Burlington Magazine"Beautifully produced."---Paul Watkins, Argo
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Princeton University Press The Rise of Coptic
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This short volume showcases an exemplary combination of papyrological accuracy, attention to detail, and an eye for the broader context. . . the book will become standard on the subject and indispensable for anyone interested in the history of late antique Egypt or multilingualism in the Roman world."---Ágnes T. Mihálykó, Plekos"The Rise of Coptic represents a significant contribution to our understanding of the position of Coptic during Late Antiquity."---Jennifer Cromwell, Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists
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Princeton University Press A Wonder to Behold Craftsmanship and the
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Princeton University Press Arab Patriotism The Ideology and Culture of
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This study is a significant step in clarifying identity in the Arab provinces during the 19th century regarding both the Ottoman Empire and within the provinces themselves." * Choice *"Mestyan is at his best when he excavates and reconstructs lines connecting diverse and often obscure individuals to equally diverse institutions of power."---Wilson Chacko Jacob, American Historical Review"Adam Mestyan’s Arab Patriotism is an ambitious project on the Ottoman province of Egypt . . . in the nineteenth century."---Side Emre, Bustan"Arab Patriotism is an ambitious study. Dealing with Egyptian history from the 1830s to the 1890s, it addresses two hitherto relatively unexplored subjects. . . . Throughout, the study presents fresh material and opens new perspectives on Egyptian history. The book is a significant contribution to the history of modern Egypt."---James Jankowski, Journal of Arabic Literature
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University of Pennsylvania Press Race and Practice in Archaeological
Book SynopsisCharles E. Orser, Jr. argues that since race has been used implicitly in archaeology for more than 100 years, the issue must be addressed directly despite the long history of debate, denial, and ignorance.Trade Review"An extraordinarily stimulating and provocative book, rich in ides and suggested new directions for archaeology." * Choice *"Charles Orser outlines a research strategy for studying poverty and racism that is worthy of historical archaeology. . . . Much of this book is devoted to dealing with how people come to be worthy of being despised, usually by being seen as belonging to biologically inferior groups." * Journal of Anthropological Research *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface 1. Problematizing Race in Archaeology 2. The Prehistory of Race and Archaeological Interpretation, Part I: Inventing Race for Archaeology 3. The Prehistory of Race and Archaeological Interpretation, Part II: Ethnicity over Race 4. Archaeological Interpretation and the Practice of Race 5. Materiality in the Practice of Race 6. A Case Study of Archaeology and the Practice of Race from Early Nineteenth-Century Ireland 7. Race, Practice, and Archaeology References Cited Index
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University of Pennsylvania Press Thinking Through Material Culture
Book SynopsisThinking Through Material Culture provides a new theoretical framework for understanding the pivotal role of material culture in human cognition, perception and action.Trade Review"The book is extremely well researched, drawing on the cognitive sciences, psychology, sociology, art history, philosophy, the neurosciences, semiotics, semiology, and, of course, archaeology and anthropology. . . . A path-breaking book." * Current Anthropology *Table of ContentsIntroduction: thinking through material culture 2. Animacy, agency, and personhood 3. Cognition, perception, and action 4. The dynamics of networks 5. Networks of meaning: a sociosemiotics of material culture 6. Thinking through: meaning in modern material culture 7. Archaeological case study: drinking vessels in Minoan Crete 8. Conclusions
£45.00
MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Beneath the Ivory Tower The Archaeology of
Book SynopsisOffers a series of case studies to reveal the ways archaeology can offer a more objective view of changes and transformations that have taken place on America's college campuses. From the tennis courts of William and Mary to the “iconic paths, lawns, and well-ordered brick buildings” of Harvard, this volume will change the ways readers look at their alma maters - and at archaeology.
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University of Arizona Press Negotiating the Past in the Past
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The University of Alabama Press Method and Theory in American Archaeology
Book SynopsisThis is a facsimile reprint of a 1958 title. It outlines the state of American archaeology at that time. It suggests that little interpretation was taking in place in American Archaeology, and offered an analytical perspective.Trade ReviewThis newly edited edition will give the large number of new millennium archaeologists a chance to read and own a pivotal work in American archaeological theory. - Stephen Williams Harvard University
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Contemporary Archaeology in Theory
Book SynopsisThe second edition of Contemporary Archaeology in Theory: The New Pragmatism, has been thoroughly updated and revised, and features top scholars who redefine the theoretical and political agendas of the field, and challenge the usual distinctions between time, space, processes, and people. Defines the relevance of archaeology and the social sciences more generally to the modern world Challenges the traditional boundaries between prehistoric and historical archaeologies Discusses how archaeology articulates such contemporary topics and issues as landscape and natures; agency, meaning and practice; sexuality, embodiment and personhood; race, class, and ethnicity; materiality, memory, and historical silence; colonialism, nationalism, and empire; heritage, patrimony, and social justice; media, museums, and publics Examines the influence of American pragmatism on archaeology Offers 32 new chapters by leading archaeologists and cultural anTable of ContentsList of Tables and Figures x List of Contributors xiii Preface xv Acknowledgments xvii Part I The New Pragmatism 1 Part II Landscapes, Spaces, and Natures 51 1 The Temporality of the Landscape 59 Tim Ingold 2 Identifying Ancient Sacred Landscapes in Australia: From Physical to Social 77 Paul S. C. Tacon 3 Landscapes of Punishment and Resistance: A Female Convict Settlement in Tasmania, Australia 92 Eleanor Conlin Casella 4 Amazonia: The Historical Ecology of a Domesticated Landscape 104 Clark L. Erickson Part III Agency, Meaning, and Practice 129 5 Practice and History in Archaeology: An Emerging Paradigm 137 Timothy R. Pauketat 6 Technology's Links and Chaınes: The Processual Unfolding of Technique and Technician 156 Marcia-Anne Dobres 7 Structure and Practice in the Archaic Southeast 170 Kenneth E. Sassaman 8 Daily Practice and Material Culture in Pluralistic Social Settings: An Archaeological Study of Culture Change and Persistence from Fort Ross, California 191 Kent G. Lightfoot, Antoinette Martinez, and Ann M. Schiff Part IV Sexuality, Embodiment, and Personhood 217 9 Good Science, Bad Science, or Science as Usual? Feminist Critiques of Science 226 Alison Wylie 10 On Personhood: An Anthropological Perspective from Africa 244 John L. Comaroff and Jean Comaroff 11 Girling the Girl and Boying the Boy: The Production of Adulthood in Ancient Mesoamerica 256 Rosemary A. Joyce 12 Domesticating Imperialism: Sexual Politics and the Archaeology of Empire 265 Barbara L. Voss Part V Race, Class, and Ethnicity 281 13 The Politics of Ethnicity in Prehistoric Korea 290 Sarah M. Nelson 14 Historical Categories and the Praxis of Identity: The Interpretation of Ethnicity in Historical Archaeology 301 Sian Jones 15 Beyond Racism: Some Opinions about Racialism and American Archaeology 311 Roger Echo-Hawk and Larry J. Zimmerman 16 A Class All Its Own: Explorations of Class Formation and Conflict 325 LouAnn Wurst Part VI Materiality, Memory, and Historical Silence 339 17 Money Is No Object: Materiality, Desire, and Modernity in an Indonesian Society 347 Webb Keane 18 Remembering while Forgetting: Depositional Practices and Social Memory at Chaco 362 Barbara J. Mills 19 Public Memory and the Search for Power in American Historical Archaeology 385 Paul A. Shackel 20 Re-Representing African Pasts through Historical Archaeology 404 Peter R. Schmidt and Jonathan R. Walz Part VII Colonialism, Empire, and Nationalism 423 21 Archaeology and Nationalism in Spain 432 Margarita Dı´az-Andreu 22 Echoes of Empire: Vijayanagara and Historical Memory, Vijayanagara as Historical Memory 445 Carla M. Sinopoli 23 Conjuring Mesopotamia: Imaginative Geography and a World Past 459 Zainab Bahrani 24 Confronting Colonialism: The Mahican and Schaghticoke Peoples and Us 470 Russell G. Handsman and Trudie Lamb Richmond Part VIII Heritage, Patrimony, and Social Justice 491 25 The Globalization of Archaeology and Heritage A Discussion with Arjun Appadurai 498 26 Sites of Violence: Terrorism, Tourism, and Heritage in the Archaeological Present 508 Lynn Meskell 27 An Ethical Epistemology of Publicly Engaged Biocultural Research 525 Michael L. Blakey 28 Cultures of Contact, Cultures of Conflict? Identity Construction, Colonialist Discourse, and the Ethics of Archaeological Practice in Northern Ireland 534 Audrey Horning Part IX Media, Museums, and Publics 551 29 No Sense of the Struggle: Creating a Context for Survivance at the NMAI 558 Sonya Atalay 30 The Past as Commodity: Archaeological Images in Modern Advertising 571 Lauren E. Talalay 31 The Past as Passion and Play: Catalhoyuk as a Site of Conflict in the Construction of Multiple Pasts 582 Ian Hodder 32 Copyrighting the Past? Emerging Intellectual Property Rights Issues in Archaeology 593 George P. Nicholas and Kelly P. Bannister Index 618
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University of Toronto Press The Living Inca Town
Book SynopsisThe Living Inca Town presents a rich case study of tourism in Ollantaytambo, a rapidly developing destination in the southern Peruvian Andes and the starting point for many popular treks to Machu Picchu. Tourism is generally welcomed in Ollantaytambo, as it provides a steady stream of work for local businesses, particularly those run by women. However, the obvious material inequalities between locals and tourists affect many interactions and have contributed to conflict and aggression throughout the tourist zones. Based on a number of research visits over the course of fifteen years, The Living Inca Town examines the experiences and interactions of locals, visitors, and tourism brokers. The book makes room for unique perspectives and uses innovative visual methods, including photovoice images and pen and ink drawings, to represent different viewpoints of day-to-day tourist encounters. The Living Inca Town vividly illustrates how tourism can perpetuate gTable of ContentsList of Illustrations and Tables Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Tourist Encounters and Perceptions 3. Negotiating Gender and Ethnicity 4. Negotiating Material Inequalities 5. Conflict, Resistance, and Witchcraft 6. Marketing Spirituality and Romance 7. Conclusion References Index
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University of Toronto Press The Living Inca Town
Book SynopsisThe Living Inca Town presents a rich case study of tourism in Ollantaytambo, a rapidly developing destination in the southern Peruvian Andes and the starting point for many popular treks to Machu Picchu. Tourism is generally welcomed in Ollantaytambo, as it provides a steady stream of work for local businesses, particularly those run by women. However, the obvious material inequalities between locals and tourists affect many interactions and have contributed to conflict and aggression throughout the tourist zones. Based on a number of research visits over the course of fifteen years, The Living Inca Town examines the experiences and interactions of locals, visitors, and tourism brokers. The book makes room for unique perspectives and uses innovative visual methods, including photovoice images and pen and ink drawings, to represent different viewpoints of day-to-day tourist encounters. The Living Inca Town vividly illustrates how tourism can perpetuate gTable of ContentsList of Illustrations and Tables Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Tourist Encounters and Perceptions 3. Negotiating Gender and Ethnicity 4. Negotiating Material Inequalities 5. Conflict, Resistance, and Witchcraft 6. Marketing Spirituality and Romance 7. Conclusion References Index
£17.99
Wits University Press African Archaeology Without Frontiers: Papers
Book SynopsisConfronting national, linguistic and disciplinary boundaries, contributors to African Archaeology Without Frontiers argue against artificial limits and divisions created through the study of ‘ages’ that in reality overlap and cannot and should not be understood in isolation. Papers are drawn from the proceedings of the landmark 14th PanAfrican Archaeological Association Congress held in Johannesburg in 2014, nearly seven decades after the conference planned for 1951 was relocated to Algiers following the National Party’s rise to power in South Africa. Contributions by keynote speakers Chapurukha Kusimba and AkinOgundiran encourage African archaeologists to practise an archaeology that collaborates across many related fields of study to enrich our understanding of the past. The nine papers cover a broad geographical sweep by incorporating material on ongoing projects throughout the continent, including South Africa, Botswana, Cameroon, Togo, Tanzania, Kenya and Nigeria. Thematically, the papers included in the volume address issues of identity and interaction, and the need to balance cultural heritage management and sustainable development derived from a continent racked by social inequalities and crippling poverty. Edited by three leading archaeologists, the collection covers many aspects of African archaeology, and a range of periods from the earliest hominins to the historical period.Trade Review"This set of conference proceedings will be a classic, like all the others, and consulted long after its immediate applicability has waned ... It captures the depth and breadth of archaeological research on the African continent and refl ects the state of archaeology at a particular point in time". - Natalie Swanepoel, Department of Anthropology & Archaeology, University of South AfricaTable of ContentsKeynote Address 1 Imagining an African Archaeology Without Frontiers Chapurukha M. Kusimba; Keynote Address 2 Collapsing Boundaries: A Continental Vision for African Archaeology Akin Ogundiran; Chapter 1 The 'Useable' Archaeology Of Recent African Farming Systems: Comparative and Collaborative Perspectives from East (Marakwet), West (Tiv) and South (Bokoni) Africa- Matthew Davies, Caleb Adebayo Folorunso, Timothy Kipkeu Kipruto, Freda M'Mbogori, Henrietta L. Moore, Emuobosa Orijemie and Alex Schoeman; Chapter 2: What Is It? - Cultural Heritage Resources among the Makonde Community of Mtwara Region of Tanzania - Festo W. Gabriel; Chapter 3: The Indigenous Roots of Swahili Culture in Pangani Bay, Tanzania: Continuity and Change in an Archaeological Assemblage - Elinaza Mjema; Chapter 4; Is this an anvil? The multi-functionality of iron bloom crushing (Likumanjool) sites in the Bassar region of Northern Togo - Philip de Barros and Gabriella Lucidi; Chapter 5: Rock Art in Cameroon, Knowledge, New Discoveries and Sub-Regional Extension - Narcisse Santores Tchandeu; Chapter 6: Archaeological Studies on Iron Age Settlement History in the Northwestern Congo Basin - Dirk Seidensticker; Chapter 7: Glass Trade Beads at Thabadimasego, Botswana: Analytical Results and Some Implications - Adrianne Daggett, Marilee Wood and Laure Dussubieux; Chapter 8: Blurring Boundaries: Forager-Farmer Interactions and Settlement Change on the Greater Mapungubwe Landscape, Southern Africa - Tim Forssman; Chapter 9: Challenges Facing Heritage Management in South Africa: Implementation of a Web-Based National Heritage Management System - Kate Smuts and Nick Wiltshire.
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Collective Ink Speculative Annihilationism: The Intersection of
Book SynopsisIf Levinas and Negarestani raised a child enchanted by the dark, then this is his debut. In this book, Rosen argues that current archaeological theoretic approaches are not up to the task of adequately theorizing exhumation in our present age of extinctions. Speculative Annihilationism attempts to “think thought’s extinction,” suggesting a new ontological ground for archaeology. Combining contemporary work in speculative philosophy, saprophytic dialectics, and Levinasian ethics, Rosen’s “putrefied-thought” explores themes of the unthought and unthinkable, anonymity, otherness, and meaninglessness so that archaeology can be granted a new basis, a new avenue of inquiry at its intersection with extinction.
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Aarhus University Press Urban Network Evolutions: Towards a
Book SynopsisFor millenia, urban networks have shaped the development of human societies. Today, new archaeological approaches are unveiling the evolution of these networks in unprecedented detail.Urban Networks Evolutions reviews the new approaches to urban evolution as archaeology endeavours to characterise both the scale and pace of historical events and processes. Issuing from the work of the Danish National Research Foundation's Centre of Excellence, the Centre for Urban Network Evolutions (UrbNet), the book compares the archaeology of urbanism from medieval Northern Europe to the Ancient Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean World.The 40 contributors demonstrate how new techniques for refining archaeological dates, contexts, and the provenance ascribed to material culture, afford a new high-definition approach to the study of global and interregional dynamics. This opens up for far-reaching questions as to how and to what extent urban networks catalysed societal and environmental expansions and crises in the past.Trade Review[…] the work is overall unified by its contributions’ association with UrbNet as well as their argument for the use of multiple research methods to obtain a more complete understanding of and answers to archaeological questions. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Writing the Past
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Taylor & Francis Archaeological Theory in Dialogue
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Taylor & Francis Archaeologies of Hitlers Arctic War
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Taylor & Francis The Routledge Handbook of Archaeology and
Book SynopsisThis unique collection applies globalization concepts to the discipline of archaeology, using a wide range of global case studies from a group of international specialists. The volume spans from as early as 10,000 cal. bp to the modern era, analysing the relationship between material culture, cultural change, and the complex connectivities between communities and groups. In considering social practices shared between different historic groups, and also the expression of their respective identities, the papers in this volume illustrate the potential of globalization thinking to bridge the local and global in material culture analysis.The Routledge Handbook of Archaeology and Globalization is the first such volume to take a world archaeology approach, on a multi-period basis, in order to bring together the scope of evidence for the significance of material culture in the processes of globalization. This work thus also provides a means to understand how material cuTrade Review"Refreshingly, the book forgoes the type of synthetic narratives usually associated with archaeological handbooks, instead presenting a series of vignettes, many of which represent fresh engagements of burgeoning theoretical concepts with lesser-known geographic arenas. (…) For readers not deeply entrenched in globalisation frameworks, the chapters at the bookends provide excellent introductions and reflections on the subject of what is and is not globalisation." – Current World Archaeology"Tamar Hodos, Reader in Mediterranean Archaeology at the University of Bristol, has assembled a fascinating and unique work in the Routledge Handbook of Archaeology and Globalization. Usually considered a modern-era phenomenon, Hodos and her collaborators demonstrate that globalization has been with us since complex ancient societies first developed." - Reference & User Services Quarterly"The volume as a whole constitutes a highly original and innovative work, with papers whose strength is to be found in the explicit comparative perspective, and stemming from established scholars within their respective fields." -ArchaeopressTable of ContentsSection 1: Introduction1.1. Globalization: some basics. An introduction to The Routledge Handbook of Archaeology and Globalization. Tamar Hodos1.2. Distinguishing Past GlobalizationsJustin Jennings1.3. Globalization, Connectivities and Networks: an archaeological perspectiveCarl Knappett1.4. Economic Aspects of Globalization in the Past Material WorldGary M. Feinman1.5. Globalization Thinking and the PastRobbie RobertsonSection 2: Africa2.1. Africa in and of the World: Archaeological Perspectives on Globalization in the Longue DuréePaul J. Lane2.2. Exploring Aegyptiaca and their Material Agency throughout Global History Miguel John Versluys 2.3. GLOBALIZATION: CONTACT BETWEEN WEST AFRICA, NORTH AFRICA AND EUROPE DURING THE EUROPEAN MEDIEVAL PERIOD Scott MacEachern2.4. The Swahili and Globalization in the Indian OceanChapurukha Kusimba 2.5. European Colonialism and Globalization in Africa in the Nineteenth Century CELydia Wilson Marshall2.6. Future Material Culture: Chinese Construction in Africa and the Consequences for African Cultural HeritagePaul Lane, Cornelia Kleinitz & Yongilang Gao2.7. The Mobile Phone – A Global Good? Modern Material Culture and Communication Technology in AfricaJulia VerneSection 3: Americas3.1 Globalization Processes as Recognized in the AmericasAlexander Geurds3.2 Olmec Globalization: a Mesoamerican Archipelago of ComplexityRobert M. Rosenswig3.3 On the Horizon: Art, Valuables and Large-Scale Interaction Networks in the Ancient Andes George F. Lau3.4 Foreigners from Far-Off Islands: Long-Distance Exchange between Western Mesoamerica and Coastal South America (600-1200 CE): a Globalization AnalysisAlexander Geurds3.5 Globalization without Markets? Population Movement and Other Integrative Mechanisms in the Ancient AndesBill Sillar3.6 Conquest Worlds: Aztec and Spanish Experiences in Mexico, 1428-1570 CEFrances Berdan3.7 Globalization and the Early Modern Atlantic World, c. 1500-1700 CECharles E. Orser, Jr.Section 4: Australasia and Oceania4.1. Globalization Thinking in Australasia and OceaniaIan Lilley4.2. The Tongan Maritime State: Oceanic Globalization, Polity Collapse and Chaotic InteractionGeoffrey Clark4.3. Australian Lithic Technology: Evolution, Dispersion and ConnectivityPeter Hiscock & Tim Maloney4.4. Edges of Worlds: Torres Strait Islander Peripheral Participation in Ancient Globalizations Ian J. McNiven4.5. Melanesia Maritime Middlemen and Pre-Colonial GlocalizationIan Lilley 4.6. Disentangling the Lapita Interaction Spheres: the Global, the Provincial and the LocalChristophe Sand4.7. East Polynesian Connectivity Marshall Weisler & Richard Walter Section 5: East Asia5.1. East Asia as a Laboratory for Early GlobalizationGideon Shelach-Lavi5.2. The Spread of Domesticated Plant Resources in Prehistoric Northeast AsiaGyoung-Ah Lee 5.3. Prehistoric Networks across the Korea Strait (5000-1000 BCE): ‘Early Globalization’ during the Jomon Period in Northwest Kyushu? Ilona R. Bausch5.4. Colonialism in the Time of Globalization – the Western Zhou Yan State RevisitedYitzchak Jaffe5.5. Globalization at the Crossroads: the Case of Southeast China during the Pre- and Early Imperial PeriodFrancis Allard5.6. Global Dynamics in Local Processes of Iron Age Inner AsiaBryan K. Miller & Ursula Brosseder5.7. Tombs of Xianbei Conquerors and Central Asians in Sixth Century CE Northern China: a Globalizing PerspectiveMandy Jui-man Wu Section 6: Europe6.1. Deep Histories of Globalization and Europe: beyond EurocentrismMartin Pitts6.2. Small, Medium, and Large: Globalization Perspectives on the Afro-Eurasian Bronze Age Helle Vandkilde6.3. Local Elites Globalized in Death: a Practice Approach to Early Iron Age Hallstatt C/D Chieftains’ Burials in Northwest EuropeDavid Fontijn & Sasja van der Vaart-Verschoof6.4. Connectivity and Social Change. Roman Goods outside the Empire (100 BCE – 400 CE)Mariana Egri6.5. URBANISM AND EXCHANGE IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC/BALTIC, 600-1000 CESøren M. Sindbæk6.6. Globalization and China. Materiality and Civilité in Post-Medieval EuropeMartin Pitts6.7. Connecting the Global with the Local through the Prism of Imprisonment: the Case of Kilmainham Gaol, IrelandLaura McAtackneySection 7: Mediterranean7.1 The Global Mediterranean: a Material-Cultural PerspectiveMiguel John Versluys7.2 A Globalizing Bronze and Iron Age MediterraneanSusan Sherratt7.3 Classical Connections and Mediterranean Practices: Exploring Connectivity and Local InteractionsPeter van Dommelen7.4 THE GLOBALIZED ROMAN WORLDROBERT WITCHER7.5 The Rise and Fall of Empires in the Islamic Mediterranean (600-1600 CE): Political Change, the Economy and Material CulturePetra Sijpesteijn7.6 The Renaissance in Material Culture: Material Mimesis as Force and Evidence of GlobalizationMarta Ajmar7.7 France and the Enlightenment MediterraneanChristopher Drew ArmstrongSection 8: Southeast Asia8.1 Globalizing Early Southeast Asia Miriam T. Stark8.2 How Rice Failed to Unify Asia: Globalization and Regionalism of Early Farming Traditions in the Monsoon WorldDorian Q. Fuller, Cristina Cobo Castillo & Charlene Murphy8.3 Globalization at the Dawn of History: the Emergence of Global Cultures in the Mekong and Red River DeltasAlison Kyra Carter & Nam C. Kim8.4 TRACING MARITIME CONNECTIONS BETWEEN ISLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE INDIAN OCEAN WORLDTom Hoogervorst 8.5 Globalizing Indian Religions and Southeast Asian Localisms: Incentives for the Adoption of Buddhism and Brahmanism in First Millennium CE Southeast AsiaStephen A. Murphy & Leedom Lefferts8.6 Globalization in Southeast Asia’s Early Age of Commerce: Evidence from the Thirteenth Century CE Java Sea ShipwreckLisa C. Niziolek & Amanda Respess8.7 Spheres of Ceramic Exchange in Southeast Asia, Ninth to Sixteenth Centuries CEJohn N. Miksic & Goh Geok Yian Section 9: West Asia9.1 Globalizing Ideas in West Asian Material HistoryTamar Hodos9.2 Globalizing the HalafOlivier P. Nieuwenhuyse9.3 Connectivity and Globalization in the Bronze Age of AnatoliaNaoíse Mac Sweeney9.4 Globalization and the Study of the Achaemenid Persian EmpireHenry P. Colburn9.5 Lapis Lazuli, Homer and the Buddha: Material and Ideological Exchange in West Asia (c. 250 BCE - 200 CE)Rachel Mairs9.6 The Global OttomansJoanita Vroom9.7 Pre-modern Globalization and the Rediscovery of Iranian AntiquityDaniel T. Potts Section 10: Conclusion10.1 Long Histories of GlobalizationJan Nederveen Pieterse
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