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Book SynopsisTrade Review“A work of impressive scholarship that ranges across a vast territory, both in theory and in the case studies.” —Dan Lawrence, Antiquity“A vital contribution to understanding the deep roots of our present environmental and climatic crisis”—Julian Thomas, Journal of Royal Anthropological InstituteSelected for Choice's 2019 Outstanding Academic Titles List "In this important book, Ian Hodder demonstrates why things matter, not because they represent something, but because the entangled interdependence of all things gives rise to the forward direction of history."—John C. Barrett, Professor Emeritus, University of Sheffield"Ian Hodder offers a new evolutionary model that gives real prominence to the human entanglement with things, in a brilliantly lucid account of the long paths along which humans and things lead each other."—Carl Knappett, Department of Art, University of Toronto“Running counter to studies giving human agency the big share in our embeddedness with things, Hodder’s sparkling essay advances the legacy of systems of things as entrapping human evolution.”—Pierre Lemonnier, author of Mundane Objects. Materiality and Non-verbal Communication “Ian Hodder frames a new archaeological perspective on the grand narrative of human evolution. Where Are We Heading? provides the first compelling explanation of directionality in cultural change.”—Dorian Fuller, University College London

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Book SynopsisEntanglement theory posits that the interrelationship of humans and objects is a delimiting characteristic of human history and culture. This edited volume of original studies by leading archaeological theorists applies this concept to a broad range of topics, including archaeological science, heritage, and theory itself. In the theoretical explications and ten case studies, the editors and contributing authors:â build on the intersections between science, humanities and ecology to provide a more fine-grained, multi-scalar treatment emanating from the long-term perspective that characterizes archaeological research;â bring to light the subtle and unacknowledged paths that configure historical circumstances and bind human intentionality;â examine the constructions of personhood, the rigidity of path dependencies, the unpredictable connections between humans and objects and the intricate paths of past events in varied geographic and historicalTrade Review"This collection of essays is a timely, exciting and innovative contribution to the growing archaeological interest in network and relational approaches. The authors discuss the variety of ways in which the term entanglement can be used in archaeology and show that the term can be applied in a wide range of time periods and regions. Broad theoretical issues raised by a consideration of entanglement are discussed but the main focus is on applications to a diversity of topics and research problems. Notions of entanglement have the potential to bring together different perspectives in archaeology and this volume contributes in important ways to that initiative. " - Ian Hodder, Stanford UniversityTable of Contents1 Disentangling the Archaeology of Colonialist and Indigeneity2 "Is this the Gold that You Eat?”: Coins, Entanglement, and Early Colonial Orderings in the Andes (AD 1532-ca. 1650)3 Entangled Objects and Disarticulated Bodies: Managing Social Upheaval in middle Horizon Peru4 From Enchantment to Entrapment: Following the Threads of Foreign Artefacts in San Jose de Moro5 Entangled Banks and the Domestication of East African Pastoralist Landscapes6 Entanglements and Entrapment on the Pathway towards Domestication7 path Dependence and the Long-term Trajectory of Prehistoric Hohokam Irrigation in Arizona8 Entangled Histories, Entangled Worlds: Reflections on Time, Space, and Place9 Looting: Archaeology's Dirty Little Secret10 Degrees of Dependence: The Example of the Introduction of Pottery in the Middle East and at Catalhoyuk

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Book SynopsisThe Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük in Turkey has been world famous since the 1960s when excavations revealed the large size and dense occupation of the settlement, as well as the spectacular wall paintings and reliefs uncovered inside the houses. Since 1993 an international team of archaeologists, led by Ian Hodder, has been carrying out new excavations and research, in order to shed more light on the people who inhabited the site. The present volume reports on the results of excavations in 2000-2008 that have provided a wealth of new data on the ways in which humans became increasingly engaged in their material environment such that ‘things’ came to play an active force in their lives. A substantial and heavy involvement was with alluvial clays that surrounded the site. In the absence of large local stone, humans became increasingly involved in the extraction and manipulation of clay for a wide range of purposes – from bricks to ovens, pots and figurines. This heavy use of clays led to changes in the local environment that interacted with human activity, as indicated in the first section of the volume. In the second section, other examples of material technologies are considered all of which in various ways engage humans in specific dependencies and relationships. For example, large-scale studies of obsidian trade have drawn a complex picture of changing interactions between humans over time. The volume concludes with an integrated account of the uses of materials at Çatalhöyük based on the analysis of heavy residue samples from all contexts at the site.Table of ContentsIntroduction: becoming entangled in things – Ian Hodder 8,000 (word length)A settlement of claySourcing clays – Chris Doherty 12,000An archaeology of mudbrick houses – Serena Love 10,000Building materials – Mirjana Stevanovic 12,000Biographies of architectural materials and buildings: integrating high-resolution micro-analysis and geochemistry - Matthews, W., Almond, M.J., Anderson, E., Wiles, J., and Stokes, H. 10,000Ovens and hearths – Sonya Atalay and Sheena 5,000Floor chemistry – Bill Middleton 4,000Ceramics – Nurcan Yalman et al (including section on sourcing by Chris Doherty) 14,000Pottery residues – Sharmini Pitter 4,000Figurines – Lynn Meskell and Carrie Nakamura 12,000Stamp seals – Ali Umut Türkcan 5,000Clay balls – Sonya Atalay 8,000Clay objects – Lucy Bennison-Chapman 5,000Demanding technologiesGroundstone – Katherine Wright 10,000Chipped stone – Tristan Carter and Marina Milic 14,000Worked bone – Nerissa Russell 6,000Baskets – Willeke Wendrich 3,000Metal – Thilo Rehren and Tom Birch 4,000Pyrotechnology – Karl Harrison 4,000Paints – Duygu Çamurcuoğlu 5,000Beads – Rose Bains 8,000ConclusionAn integrated perspective on the uses of materials at Çatalhöyük based on the analysis of heavy residues – Milena Vasic and Slobodan Mitrovic 12,000CD – additional figures (50) and images (50) and tables (25)

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