THE BORDES-BINFORD DEBATE: TRANSATLANTIC
... of the inevitability of change in the traditional view giving way to one that is more progressive and modern. In some ways, the Bordes-Binford debate is all of those things. But from a historical perspective, the importance of the Bordes-Binford debate has yet to be told. The contention of this auth ...
... of the inevitability of change in the traditional view giving way to one that is more progressive and modern. In some ways, the Bordes-Binford debate is all of those things. But from a historical perspective, the importance of the Bordes-Binford debate has yet to be told. The contention of this auth ...
Number 4, September - Society for American Archaeology
... this case because the development of cyberinfrastructure for archaeology is a matter of urgent importance to our profession and because the CAA has invited the SAA to be one of four major participating organizations in an all-day session to address this vital topic. I will moderate a 90-minute sessi ...
... this case because the development of cyberinfrastructure for archaeology is a matter of urgent importance to our profession and because the CAA has invited the SAA to be one of four major participating organizations in an all-day session to address this vital topic. I will moderate a 90-minute sessi ...
Number 3, May - Society for American Archaeology
... Over six years ago, I became the editor of the then brand-new The SAA Archaeological Record, which had been created under the guidance of former editor Mark Aldenderfer. Since, as a graduate student, I assisted Mark with the then-named SAA Bulletin, I have spent well over a decade working on the Soc ...
... Over six years ago, I became the editor of the then brand-new The SAA Archaeological Record, which had been created under the guidance of former editor Mark Aldenderfer. Since, as a graduate student, I assisted Mark with the then-named SAA Bulletin, I have spent well over a decade working on the Soc ...
Session Abstracts - Society for American Archaeology
... screenfolds suggest an interchange of elite knowledge about religion, natural history, and prognostications for daily life. Local rulers may have been the guardians of Mixtec codices recording information about history, religious rituals, royal lineages, and political events dating from precolumbian ...
... screenfolds suggest an interchange of elite knowledge about religion, natural history, and prognostications for daily life. Local rulers may have been the guardians of Mixtec codices recording information about history, religious rituals, royal lineages, and political events dating from precolumbian ...
REFERENCES CITED
... 1994 The Organization of North American Prehistoric Chipped Stone Tool Technologies. International Monographs in Prehistory, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Catts, Wade P., Todd Sandstrom, and Jay F. Custer 1995 Phase I and II Archaeological Testing at the Lisbon Tract, Dover Air Force Base, State Route 1 Corr ...
... 1994 The Organization of North American Prehistoric Chipped Stone Tool Technologies. International Monographs in Prehistory, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Catts, Wade P., Todd Sandstrom, and Jay F. Custer 1995 Phase I and II Archaeological Testing at the Lisbon Tract, Dover Air Force Base, State Route 1 Corr ...
2016 asor annual meeting – paper abstracts
... Recent research on prehistory at the center of the Anatolian Aegean coast around modern Izmir provides important new data on Neolithic sites. For the first time, it is possible to deal not only with single sites, but with a group of excavated settlements that all have horizons dating to the 7th mill ...
... Recent research on prehistory at the center of the Anatolian Aegean coast around modern Izmir provides important new data on Neolithic sites. For the first time, it is possible to deal not only with single sites, but with a group of excavated settlements that all have horizons dating to the 7th mill ...
People with history: An update on historical
... Schuyler (1970) commented on its potential as a laboratory for anthropology, particularly concerning processes such as colonization and acculturation. Potential for consideration of such processes continues to expand in the discipline. The idea of colonization, for example, may be dissected into dyn ...
... Schuyler (1970) commented on its potential as a laboratory for anthropology, particularly concerning processes such as colonization and acculturation. Potential for consideration of such processes continues to expand in the discipline. The idea of colonization, for example, may be dissected into dyn ...
POSTCOLONIAL THEORY IN ANTHROPOLOGY AND
... older, now classical literature such as Fanon’s Wretched of the Earth, Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, and Cesaire’s Discourse on Colonialism are but a few of the signposts that have lighted the way for anthropologists. It is only natural that possibly the most highly nuanced postcolonial thinking in an ...
... older, now classical literature such as Fanon’s Wretched of the Earth, Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, and Cesaire’s Discourse on Colonialism are but a few of the signposts that have lighted the way for anthropologists. It is only natural that possibly the most highly nuanced postcolonial thinking in an ...
Archaeology Is Anthropology - CLAS Users
... our constructions of the past (e.g., Knapp 1996). Significantly, rather than being satisfied with documenting sequences of events, archaeologists (and not just those trained within anthropology) have tried to create new ways to think about how different aspects of social existence would have affecte ...
... our constructions of the past (e.g., Knapp 1996). Significantly, rather than being satisfied with documenting sequences of events, archaeologists (and not just those trained within anthropology) have tried to create new ways to think about how different aspects of social existence would have affecte ...
1 The “Ethnographic Turn” in Archaeology
... nation building, I am an outside observer and, also, an interlocutor implicated in and engaged with these processes. This double position allows me a particular combination of insight and distance from which to formulate in this chapter a broadly conceptual commentary on the emergent agenda of incor ...
... nation building, I am an outside observer and, also, an interlocutor implicated in and engaged with these processes. This double position allows me a particular combination of insight and distance from which to formulate in this chapter a broadly conceptual commentary on the emergent agenda of incor ...
The World as Artefact: Material Culture Studies and Archaeology
... practice is a colonial notion that the present, indigenous culture is only relevant in relation to something else: a prehistoric society. However, hardly any ethno-archaeological studies are conducted with this purpose, and most often it is the critics of ethnoarchaeology who require ethno-archaeolo ...
... practice is a colonial notion that the present, indigenous culture is only relevant in relation to something else: a prehistoric society. However, hardly any ethno-archaeological studies are conducted with this purpose, and most often it is the critics of ethnoarchaeology who require ethno-archaeolo ...
culture contact studies - redefining the relationship
... kinspeople, and their offspring were exposed to various manifestations of European "culture," as well as a diverse range of cultural practices from Africa and from across North America and the Pacific Ocean. Unfortunately, most colonial accounts were written from the perspective of affiuent European ...
... kinspeople, and their offspring were exposed to various manifestations of European "culture," as well as a diverse range of cultural practices from Africa and from across North America and the Pacific Ocean. Unfortunately, most colonial accounts were written from the perspective of affiuent European ...
Re-Presenting the Past
... -- What role do color and other sensory attributes have in representation? -- What human relations (social, religious, gender-based) are stressed in representation? -- What is the future of representation in archaeology? In addition, the seminar will be strengthened by a conference on the subject of ...
... -- What role do color and other sensory attributes have in representation? -- What human relations (social, religious, gender-based) are stressed in representation? -- What is the future of representation in archaeology? In addition, the seminar will be strengthened by a conference on the subject of ...
Sonya Atalay University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of
... In Prep Braiding Knowledge: Critical Issues and Future Challenges in Indigenous Archaeology. Anticipated submission to Cambridge University Press for external review: December 2013. In Prep Transforming Archaeology: From Excavation to Engagement (first editor, with Lee Clauss, Randy McGuire, and Joh ...
... In Prep Braiding Knowledge: Critical Issues and Future Challenges in Indigenous Archaeology. Anticipated submission to Cambridge University Press for external review: December 2013. In Prep Transforming Archaeology: From Excavation to Engagement (first editor, with Lee Clauss, Randy McGuire, and Joh ...
The life of an artifact in an interpretive archaeology
... This paper tries to get to sketch some of the key features and implications of an interpretive archaeology, as postprocessual archaeology is now termed by many of its proponents (for example, Thomas 1995, Tilley ed 1994, Hodder 1991, Hodderet al eds 1995). It does this in a different way, setting ou ...
... This paper tries to get to sketch some of the key features and implications of an interpretive archaeology, as postprocessual archaeology is now termed by many of its proponents (for example, Thomas 1995, Tilley ed 1994, Hodder 1991, Hodderet al eds 1995). It does this in a different way, setting ou ...
Historical Archaeology from a World Perspective
... branches of archaeology (prehistoric, classical, medieval, post-medieval and industrial). However, if this was the succession of historical periods in Europe, the scheme does not necessarily apply to the whole world. So, the leading Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci (1979, p. 86) emphasised that “anci ...
... branches of archaeology (prehistoric, classical, medieval, post-medieval and industrial). However, if this was the succession of historical periods in Europe, the scheme does not necessarily apply to the whole world. So, the leading Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci (1979, p. 86) emphasised that “anci ...
Why the history of archaeology is essential to theoretical archaeology
... status of being primarily a method for retrieving historical information, or do we strive to realise its potential to create new knowledge about human beings? It seems likely that if we adopt this second course of action then we will need to create new ‘cultural’ frameworks, if the discipline is to ...
... status of being primarily a method for retrieving historical information, or do we strive to realise its potential to create new knowledge about human beings? It seems likely that if we adopt this second course of action then we will need to create new ‘cultural’ frameworks, if the discipline is to ...
Approaching material culture
... the post-processual paradigm in archaeology (Tilley 1989). In processual archaeology, “ethnoarchaeology” was intended to be a fresh solution to archaeology’s methodological crisis. Paradoxically, it was the variation in the ethnographic record which gave rise to the notion of cross-cultural laws, wh ...
... the post-processual paradigm in archaeology (Tilley 1989). In processual archaeology, “ethnoarchaeology” was intended to be a fresh solution to archaeology’s methodological crisis. Paradoxically, it was the variation in the ethnographic record which gave rise to the notion of cross-cultural laws, wh ...
Word document - CLAS Users
... (USE THIS ARTICLE FOR REFERENCE ONLY -- do not get lost in details) Nash, Stephen E. 2002 Archaeological Tree Ring Dating at the Millennium. Journal of Archaeological Research 10(3):243-275. Harris, Edward C. 1979 The Laws of Archaeological Stratigraphy. World Archaeology 11(1):111-117. ...
... (USE THIS ARTICLE FOR REFERENCE ONLY -- do not get lost in details) Nash, Stephen E. 2002 Archaeological Tree Ring Dating at the Millennium. Journal of Archaeological Research 10(3):243-275. Harris, Edward C. 1979 The Laws of Archaeological Stratigraphy. World Archaeology 11(1):111-117. ...
The Story 16 The Beginning of the End
... A. The Fall of Israel (2 Kings 17) In 721 B.C. the last king of Israel faced the full wrath of the Assyrian Empire and the armies of Sargon II. For years Israel had paid tribute to Assyria, but in a foolish play for independence, King Hoshea forged a secret alliance with Egypt. In response, the Assy ...
... A. The Fall of Israel (2 Kings 17) In 721 B.C. the last king of Israel faced the full wrath of the Assyrian Empire and the armies of Sargon II. For years Israel had paid tribute to Assyria, but in a foolish play for independence, King Hoshea forged a secret alliance with Egypt. In response, the Assy ...
Fall of Israel and Judah
... laws and commandments of God. All the idols were destroyed. God was pleased. King Josiah served thirty years as king and served God with all his heart. After King Josiah died, three more kings ruled Judah. Then sadly, the people in Judah rejected God. They did not want to only worship and serve God. ...
... laws and commandments of God. All the idols were destroyed. God was pleased. King Josiah served thirty years as king and served God with all his heart. After King Josiah died, three more kings ruled Judah. Then sadly, the people in Judah rejected God. They did not want to only worship and serve God. ...
Flowers of the Bible
... FLOWERS OF THE BIBLE by Peggy Metcalf Palestine’s climate 3000 years ago made its land profuse with wildflowers and palm trees. Remarkably, by Biblical times, only the lily, the rose, and the camphire, in addition to blossoms of shrubs and trees (such as the almond tree), are mentioned in books of t ...
... FLOWERS OF THE BIBLE by Peggy Metcalf Palestine’s climate 3000 years ago made its land profuse with wildflowers and palm trees. Remarkably, by Biblical times, only the lily, the rose, and the camphire, in addition to blossoms of shrubs and trees (such as the almond tree), are mentioned in books of t ...
The Rise of the Israelites and Judaism Answers
... 3. He is the first leader of the Israelites, he taught the people the belief in God, God told him to leave Mesopotamia and settle in Canaan 4. A drought so bad, there is little food and people starve. They went to Egypt, there they were treated well, but then a pharaoh made them into slaves. 5. They ...
... 3. He is the first leader of the Israelites, he taught the people the belief in God, God told him to leave Mesopotamia and settle in Canaan 4. A drought so bad, there is little food and people starve. They went to Egypt, there they were treated well, but then a pharaoh made them into slaves. 5. They ...