Re-Presenting the Past
... (1) Representations of the archaeological past are examples of interpretation. They have a history of past models, present motivation, and future objectives that permit a deeper understanding of archaeology as an historical practice that changes over time. At all levels, representation involves mean ...
... (1) Representations of the archaeological past are examples of interpretation. They have a history of past models, present motivation, and future objectives that permit a deeper understanding of archaeology as an historical practice that changes over time. At all levels, representation involves mean ...
Memorial to James Allan Bennyhoff
... summer excavation of an Early Horizon site (SJo-68, the Blossom Mound), then thought to date around 5,000 B.C. The early date and unusual burial practices (one of the few examples in the world where the dead were typically buried extended face down instead of on the back or in a flexed position), pl ...
... summer excavation of an Early Horizon site (SJo-68, the Blossom Mound), then thought to date around 5,000 B.C. The early date and unusual burial practices (one of the few examples in the world where the dead were typically buried extended face down instead of on the back or in a flexed position), pl ...
Post-Processual Archaeology and After
... deal of social theory in positing more dynamic social structures. The issue is one of balancing determinism and free will when clearly people do not make history as they will, but nevertheless are not wholly determined in their actions by transcendent social structures and historical forces. It is a ...
... deal of social theory in positing more dynamic social structures. The issue is one of balancing determinism and free will when clearly people do not make history as they will, but nevertheless are not wholly determined in their actions by transcendent social structures and historical forces. It is a ...
book of mormon archaeology: the myths and the alternatives
... been widely expressed. The more traditional, equating the Book of Mormon's "narrow neck of land" with the isthmus of Panama, may be reviewed in Reynolds and Sjodahl.3 The second position is that which for over twenty years has been championed by M. Wells Jakeman and was strongly identified with the ...
... been widely expressed. The more traditional, equating the Book of Mormon's "narrow neck of land" with the isthmus of Panama, may be reviewed in Reynolds and Sjodahl.3 The second position is that which for over twenty years has been championed by M. Wells Jakeman and was strongly identified with the ...
Indigenous Perspectives on Archaeology
... relationships with those populations. The specific name by which Indigenous groups are known varies from country to country, as local governments are involved in determining the appropriateness of particular definitions to populations within their borders. This paper begins with an examination of the ...
... relationships with those populations. The specific name by which Indigenous groups are known varies from country to country, as local governments are involved in determining the appropriateness of particular definitions to populations within their borders. This paper begins with an examination of the ...
The World as Artefact: Material Culture Studies and Archaeology
... had a vital role in the early, post-processual writing. “Ethnoarchaeology” is a combination of two disciplines: archaeology, which is constituted by techniques for recovering and recording material remains of culture, and ethnography, which is the study of human behaviour and social organization in ...
... had a vital role in the early, post-processual writing. “Ethnoarchaeology” is a combination of two disciplines: archaeology, which is constituted by techniques for recovering and recording material remains of culture, and ethnography, which is the study of human behaviour and social organization in ...
culture contact studies - redefining the relationship
... novations in food, architectural forms, kitchen tools, and other material culture (see Deagan 1990a:240, 1990b:307-308; Crowell 1994:160-181), while native women, related kinspeople, and their offspring were exposed to various manifestations of European "culture," as well as a diverse range of cultu ...
... novations in food, architectural forms, kitchen tools, and other material culture (see Deagan 1990a:240, 1990b:307-308; Crowell 1994:160-181), while native women, related kinspeople, and their offspring were exposed to various manifestations of European "culture," as well as a diverse range of cultu ...
Position paper - Vanderbilt University
... While we are very much amenable to interrogating the ideal categories of lo Andino from a historical perspective, we find the theoretical foundations and execution of Isbell’s work deeply problematic. His assumption that open mortuary monuments can be unambiguously affiliated with ayllus itself part ...
... While we are very much amenable to interrogating the ideal categories of lo Andino from a historical perspective, we find the theoretical foundations and execution of Isbell’s work deeply problematic. His assumption that open mortuary monuments can be unambiguously affiliated with ayllus itself part ...
Anthropologists of the central Andes have been accused of failing to
... While we are very much amenable to interrogating the ideal categories of lo Andino from a historical perspective, we find the theoretical foundations and execution of Isbell’s work deeply problematic. His assumption that open mortuary monuments can be unambiguously affiliated with ayllus itself part ...
... While we are very much amenable to interrogating the ideal categories of lo Andino from a historical perspective, we find the theoretical foundations and execution of Isbell’s work deeply problematic. His assumption that open mortuary monuments can be unambiguously affiliated with ayllus itself part ...
Relationship of Prehistoric Archaeology with other branches of
... concerned with the reconstructions of the ways of life of the early man. The study of Prehistory of Archaeology is related with Physical and Social/Cultural Anthropology. Like Prehistory Archaeology, Physical Anthropology has also a numbers of sub fields. Of these subfields Palaeo-Anthropology is mu ...
... concerned with the reconstructions of the ways of life of the early man. The study of Prehistory of Archaeology is related with Physical and Social/Cultural Anthropology. Like Prehistory Archaeology, Physical Anthropology has also a numbers of sub fields. Of these subfields Palaeo-Anthropology is mu ...
aboriginalism and the problems of indigenous archaeology
... past. I view archaeology as a set of techniques developed for the recovery of information related to human history, and as a project that is equally applicable to the history of all human communities. I also see the discipline of archaeology as a means of maintaining candor, integrity, and an approa ...
... past. I view archaeology as a set of techniques developed for the recovery of information related to human history, and as a project that is equally applicable to the history of all human communities. I also see the discipline of archaeology as a means of maintaining candor, integrity, and an approa ...
Jeffrey S - Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism
... Perttula, Timothy K., Ann M. Early, Lois E. Albert, and Jeffrey S. Girard 2006 Caddoan Bibliography: Archaeology and Bioarchaeology, Ethnohistory and Ethnography, and History. Arkansas Archeological Survey Technical Paper 10, Fayetteville. Emerson, Thomas E., and Jeffrey S. Girard 2004 Dating Gahaga ...
... Perttula, Timothy K., Ann M. Early, Lois E. Albert, and Jeffrey S. Girard 2006 Caddoan Bibliography: Archaeology and Bioarchaeology, Ethnohistory and Ethnography, and History. Arkansas Archeological Survey Technical Paper 10, Fayetteville. Emerson, Thomas E., and Jeffrey S. Girard 2004 Dating Gahaga ...
Teaching Archaeology as Anthropology. - CLAS Users
... in order to better prepare students for the realities of aranthropology) approach to the training of archaeolochaeology as it is practiced. The SAA Task Force on gists has been questioned, particularly for archaeoloCurriculum is following up on this blueprint, planning gists heading for nonacademic ...
... in order to better prepare students for the realities of aranthropology) approach to the training of archaeolochaeology as it is practiced. The SAA Task Force on gists has been questioned, particularly for archaeoloCurriculum is following up on this blueprint, planning gists heading for nonacademic ...
Chapter 1. Is Archaeology Anthropology - CLAS Users
... or it is nothing." A few years later, Robert Braidwood made a similar characterization for the Old World (see epigraph). That these well-established archaeologists were motivated to make such pronouncements indicates a sense of uncertainty even then of the relationship between archaeology and anthro ...
... or it is nothing." A few years later, Robert Braidwood made a similar characterization for the Old World (see epigraph). That these well-established archaeologists were motivated to make such pronouncements indicates a sense of uncertainty even then of the relationship between archaeology and anthro ...
The life of an artifact in an interpretive archaeology
... to Barrett and Richards eds 1998). Some interpretive archaeologists have explicitly proposed that some prehistoric artifacts were not alienated from social relations and so acted as agents (Tilley 1996, Thomas 1995). Behind all this is a radical challenge to the enlightenment opposition of mind and ...
... to Barrett and Richards eds 1998). Some interpretive archaeologists have explicitly proposed that some prehistoric artifacts were not alienated from social relations and so acted as agents (Tilley 1996, Thomas 1995). Behind all this is a radical challenge to the enlightenment opposition of mind and ...
Book review: Handbook of Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology
... and requirements of, forensic and traditional archaeological excavation and recording. The chapter introduces a series of more methodological questions such as standardisation and justification of practice. Neither chapter provides the sort of detailed overview implied by the term ‘handbook’ but bot ...
... and requirements of, forensic and traditional archaeological excavation and recording. The chapter introduces a series of more methodological questions such as standardisation and justification of practice. Neither chapter provides the sort of detailed overview implied by the term ‘handbook’ but bot ...
Ethnicity: Theoretical Approaches, Methodological
... Race and Culture Committee in 1933, when the appropriateness of the concept of race for archaeological analysis started to be questioned. In an article entitled “Races, Peoples, and Cultures in Prehistoric Europe,” Childe (1933:198; see also 1935) argued that any confusion between sociological and l ...
... Race and Culture Committee in 1933, when the appropriateness of the concept of race for archaeological analysis started to be questioned. In an article entitled “Races, Peoples, and Cultures in Prehistoric Europe,” Childe (1933:198; see also 1935) argued that any confusion between sociological and l ...
No. 93 - Florida Archaeological Council
... Greetings from the FAC Membership Committee (Myles Bland, Thomas Pluckhahn, and Michele Williams) The FAC Membership Committee has contacted all of the Members in Good Standing regarding the 2015 FAC Membership Drive. March 15th was the deadline for 2015 dues, and, as of March 25thh, we have receive ...
... Greetings from the FAC Membership Committee (Myles Bland, Thomas Pluckhahn, and Michele Williams) The FAC Membership Committee has contacted all of the Members in Good Standing regarding the 2015 FAC Membership Drive. March 15th was the deadline for 2015 dues, and, as of March 25thh, we have receive ...
The Engendering of Archaeology Refiguring Feminist Science Studies
... that, although questions about women and gender have never been on the archaeological research agenda, archaeological research problems and interpretations are routinely framed in gendered terms.4The functions ascribed to artifacts and sites are often gender specific, and models of such diverse cult ...
... that, although questions about women and gender have never been on the archaeological research agenda, archaeological research problems and interpretations are routinely framed in gendered terms.4The functions ascribed to artifacts and sites are often gender specific, and models of such diverse cult ...
The Archaeology of African History
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... Linked references are available on JSTOR for this article: http://www.jstor.org/stable/40282387?seq=1&cid=pdf-reference#references_tab_contents You may need to log in to JSTOR to access the linked references. JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, ...
The Archaeologist 56 - Spring 2005 Prehistoric Britain
... earliest equipment in Europe, World Heritage Status for spectacular sites on Orkney, and Shetland’s vibrant research activity. In England in particular we see some of the fruits of developer-funded archaeology. Richard Bradley sets out a few of the provisional results of his survey of grey literatur ...
... earliest equipment in Europe, World Heritage Status for spectacular sites on Orkney, and Shetland’s vibrant research activity. In England in particular we see some of the fruits of developer-funded archaeology. Richard Bradley sets out a few of the provisional results of his survey of grey literatur ...
Sonya Atalay University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of
... Meetings, Athens, Georgia, Session title: Examining Educational Attainment of Indigenous Peoples from Three Different Perspectives: Economics, Education and Anthropology, April 11. Session Organizer and Presenter, Light through the Red Curtains: Beyond Archaeological Window Dressing to Substantive C ...
... Meetings, Athens, Georgia, Session title: Examining Educational Attainment of Indigenous Peoples from Three Different Perspectives: Economics, Education and Anthropology, April 11. Session Organizer and Presenter, Light through the Red Curtains: Beyond Archaeological Window Dressing to Substantive C ...
Department of Anthropology and Archaeology Brooklyn College
... diversity, continuity and unity of humans, both past and present. Through our engagement with other cultures as well as our own, our department supports the college’s larger mission to provide a superior education in Liberal Arts and Sciences and promote cultural and scientific literacy. We help stu ...
... diversity, continuity and unity of humans, both past and present. Through our engagement with other cultures as well as our own, our department supports the college’s larger mission to provide a superior education in Liberal Arts and Sciences and promote cultural and scientific literacy. We help stu ...
Ethnoarchaeology (Winter 2010)
... overview of major approaches to the use of ethnographic analogies and historical information in archaeology. The discussion should provide a series of reflections about the advantages (or the limitations) in using those fields together, or if ethnohistory and ethnoarchaeology are better suited for v ...
... overview of major approaches to the use of ethnographic analogies and historical information in archaeology. The discussion should provide a series of reflections about the advantages (or the limitations) in using those fields together, or if ethnohistory and ethnoarchaeology are better suited for v ...