Archaeology list 81

Lithic Analysis

by George H. Odell
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

This practical volume does not intend to replace a mentor, but acts as a readily accessible guide to the basic tools of lithic analysis. The book was awarded the 2005 SAA Award for Excellence in Archaeological Analysis. Some focuses of the manual include: history of stone tool research; procurement,...

Hominid Individual in Context

Archaeological Investigations of Lower and Middle Palaeolithic landscapes, locales and artefacts

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Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2005

This book explores new approaches to the remarkably detailed information that archaeologists now have for the study of our early ancestors. Rather than explaining the archaeology of stones and bones as the product of group decisions, the contributors investigate how individual action created social...

Religion, History, and Place in the Origin of Settled Life

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Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2018

This volume explores the role of religion and ritual in the origin of settled life in the Middle East, focusing on the repetitive construction of houses or cult buildings in the same place. Prominent archaeologists, anthropologists, and scholars of religion working at several of the region’s most...

People with Animals

Perspectives and Studies in Ethnozooarchaeology

by Lee Broderick
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016

People with Animals emphasizes the interdependence of people and animals in society, and contributors examine the variety of forms and time-depth that these relations can take. The types of relationship studied include the importance of manure to farming societies, dogs as livestock guardians, seasonality...

Archaeologies of Complexity

by Robert Chapman
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2003

An up-to-date and critical analysis of how archaeologists study past societies, Archaeologies of Complexity addresses the nature of contemporary archaeology and the study of social change, and debates the transition from perceived simple, egalitarian societies to the complex power structures and divisions...

Political Strategies in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica

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Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2016

Political authority contains an inherent contradiction. Rulers must reinforce social inequality and bolster their own unique position at the top of the sociopolitical hierarchy, yet simultaneously emphasize social similarities and the commonalities shared by all. Political Strategies in Pre-Columbian...

Ungendering Civilization

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Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2004

With nine papers examining a distinct body of archaeological data, Ungendering Civilization offers a much needed scrutiny of the role of women in the evolution of states. Studying societies including Predynastic Egypt, Minoan Crete, ancient Zimbabwe and the Maya - to determine what the facts...

Cooperation and Collective Action

Archaeological Perspectives

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Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012

Past archaeological literature on cooperation theory has emphasized competition's role in cultural evolution. As a result, bottom-up possibilities for group cooperation have been under theorized in favor of models stressing top-down leadership, while evidence from a range of disciplines has demonstrated...

Making Ancient Cities

Space and Place in Early Urban Societies

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Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2014

This volume investigates how the structure and use of space developed and changed in cities, and examines the role of different societal groups in shaping urbanism. Culturally and chronologically diverse case studies provide a basis to examine recent theoretical and methodological shifts in the archaeology...

Chaco Revisited

New Research on the Prehistory of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico

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Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2015

Chaco Canyon, the great Ancestral Pueblo site of the eleventh and twelfth centuries, has inspired excavations and research for more than one hundred years. Chaco Revisited brings together an A-team of Chaco scholars to provide an updated, refreshing analysis of over a century of scholarship. In...

Contemporary Archaeologies of the Southwest

by Kathryn R Venzor
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2011

Organized by the theme of place and place-making in the Southwest, Contemporary Archaeologies of the Southwest emphasizes the method and theory for the study of radical changes in religion, settlement patterns, and material culture associated with population migration, colonialism, and climate change...

Life and Death in the Ancient City of Teotihuacan

A Modern Paleodemographic Synthesis

by Rebecca Storey
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2009

Cities arose independently in both the Old World and in the pre-Columbian New World. Lacking written records, many of these New World cities can be studied only through archaeology, including the earliest pre-Columbian city, Teotihuacan, Mexico, one of the largest cities of its time (150 B.C. to A.D....

Ancient Alterity in the Andes

A Recognition of Others

by George F. Lau
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012

Ancient Alterity in the Andes is the first major treatment on ancient alterity: how people in the past regarded others. At least since the 1970s, alterity has been an influential concept in different fields, from art history, psychology and philosophy, to linguistics and ethnography. Having gained...

Archaeologies of Sexuality

by Robert A. Schmidt, Barbara L. Voss
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2005

Status, age and gender have long been accepted aspects of archaeological enquiry, yet it is only recently that archaeologists have started seriously to consider the role of sex and sexuality in their studies. Archaeologies of Sexuality is a timely and pioneering work. It presents a strong, diverse...