Description
Book SynopsisCollection of original studies on the contemporary practice of archaeology as a professional and scholarly endeavor.
Trade ReviewEthnographies of Archaeological Practice shows the best results of how and why the daily life of archaeology works. Here are the questions asked, the range of methods used, the best investigators' work, and the results. The book tells us what should be done next and provides a model of how to do a more effective archaeology using ethnographic examination of archaeological work. -- Mark Leone, University of Maryland
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction: Multiple Origins, Development and Potential of Ethnographies of Archaeology Chapter 2 Sites of Knowledge: Different Ways of Knowing an Archaeological Excavation 3 The Mutual Constitution of Natural and Social Identities During Archaeological Fieldwork 4 A Linguistic Anthropologist's Interest in Archaeological Practice 5 Reflecting Upon Archaeological Practice: Multiple Visions of a Late Paleolithic Site in Germany 6 Pictures, Ideas, and Things: The Production and Currency of Archaeological Images 7 Studying Archaeological Fieldwork in the Field: Views from Monte Polizzo 8 Digging the Dirt: Excavation as a Social Practice 9 Realisafiction: A Day of Work at Everybody-Knows-Land 10 Landscapes of Disciplinary Power: An Ethnography of Excavation and Survey at Leskernick, UK Chapter 11 Histories, Identity and Ownership: An Ethnographic Case Study in Archaeological Heritage Management in the Orkney Islands 12 Among Totem-Poles and Clan Power in Tanum, Sweden: An Ethnographic Perspective on the Communicative Artifacts of Heritage Management 13 Amazonian Archaeology and Local Identities 14 Conjunctures in the Making of an Ancient Maya Archaeological Site 15 Complicit Agendas: Ethnography of Archaeology as Ethical Research Practice
