An Archaeology of Landscapes: Perspectives and
... archaeology. Our intention is to show that the centrality of landscape’s cultural context is both a material record of patterned behaviors within specific environmental contexts and a symbolic construction (after Olwig, 1996). In the third section, we examine the historical compatibility between lan ...
... archaeology. Our intention is to show that the centrality of landscape’s cultural context is both a material record of patterned behaviors within specific environmental contexts and a symbolic construction (after Olwig, 1996). In the third section, we examine the historical compatibility between lan ...
Land Beneath the Waves - European Marine Board
... Most people tend to consider the European map as fixed. However, in geological timescales our land-sea boundaries are in a continual state of change. The seabed stretching off many of our European coasts, now covered in tens of metres of water, was once dry land. These areas supported a terrestrial ...
... Most people tend to consider the European map as fixed. However, in geological timescales our land-sea boundaries are in a continual state of change. The seabed stretching off many of our European coasts, now covered in tens of metres of water, was once dry land. These areas supported a terrestrial ...
(2006). "What is Ethical in Archaeology? An Analysis of Ethical
... Tthe field of moral philosophy is typically divided into three domains—metaethics, normative ethics and applied ethics (see table 1).2 This essay is a metaethical analysis of archaeological ethics. It is neither a study in applied ethics, which would focus on specific ethical issues or moral dilemma ...
... Tthe field of moral philosophy is typically divided into three domains—metaethics, normative ethics and applied ethics (see table 1).2 This essay is a metaethical analysis of archaeological ethics. It is neither a study in applied ethics, which would focus on specific ethical issues or moral dilemma ...
The Mesolithic
... provisional evaluation of the wider significance and nature of the sites can be attempted here. The area of west central Scotland related to this series of essays has until relatively recently not figured significantly in Mesolithic research (fig. 7). It is fair to say that the area has not been at ...
... provisional evaluation of the wider significance and nature of the sites can be attempted here. The area of west central Scotland related to this series of essays has until relatively recently not figured significantly in Mesolithic research (fig. 7). It is fair to say that the area has not been at ...
Nicola Di Cosmo, “The Origins of the Great Wall,” The Silk Road 4/1
... from Chinese, Korean, and Mongolian sources. It should, however, provide a starting point for reading relevant to the focus of the conference on Xiongnu archaeology which will take place in Ulaanbaatar October 16-18, 2008. Secondary literature on Xiongnu and related history and arts The Xiongnu: Tho ...
... from Chinese, Korean, and Mongolian sources. It should, however, provide a starting point for reading relevant to the focus of the conference on Xiongnu archaeology which will take place in Ulaanbaatar October 16-18, 2008. Secondary literature on Xiongnu and related history and arts The Xiongnu: Tho ...
The Neoliberal Challenge
... part of archaeologists in collaborating with local communities and communicating effectively the importance and relevance that archaeological resources have for these communities. Because the development of these resources for tourism has become increasingly connected with archaeological practices a ...
... part of archaeologists in collaborating with local communities and communicating effectively the importance and relevance that archaeological resources have for these communities. Because the development of these resources for tourism has become increasingly connected with archaeological practices a ...
Number 3, May - Society for American Archaeology
... mind but not using archaeological methods (archaeologists can do their field investigations quite well enough for themselves). An interesting question is whether any younger researchers will arise who are interdisciplinary geoarchaeologists themselves, with little need in many instances to call on t ...
... mind but not using archaeological methods (archaeologists can do their field investigations quite well enough for themselves). An interesting question is whether any younger researchers will arise who are interdisciplinary geoarchaeologists themselves, with little need in many instances to call on t ...
O verview Methods and Ethics in Physical - McGraw
... • Physical anthropologist and archaeologists collaborate with scientists from diverse fields in the study of sites, fossils, and artifacts. • Palynology, the study of ancient plants through pollen samples, is used to shed light on the diet of the people and the site’s environment at the time of occu ...
... • Physical anthropologist and archaeologists collaborate with scientists from diverse fields in the study of sites, fossils, and artifacts. • Palynology, the study of ancient plants through pollen samples, is used to shed light on the diet of the people and the site’s environment at the time of occu ...
prehistoric hunter-gatherers and farmers in the adriatic and
... Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art (RLAHA), aims to refine and improve the chronology of a large number of Palaeolithic sites from Western Europe to Siberia using a suite of advanced dating methodologies including radiocarbon, luminescence and U-series techniques. For this pe ...
... Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art (RLAHA), aims to refine and improve the chronology of a large number of Palaeolithic sites from Western Europe to Siberia using a suite of advanced dating methodologies including radiocarbon, luminescence and U-series techniques. For this pe ...
Session Abstracts - Society for American Archaeology
... Chaco and Hopewell are two of the most well studied archaeological regions in North America. Although Chaco is often compared to Cahokia, comparison to Hopewell brings out important ways in which extensive regional connectivities were formed through the intersection of religious, political, and econ ...
... Chaco and Hopewell are two of the most well studied archaeological regions in North America. Although Chaco is often compared to Cahokia, comparison to Hopewell brings out important ways in which extensive regional connectivities were formed through the intersection of religious, political, and econ ...
Archaeology of Lubaantun - National Institute of Culture and History
... various sites, some as far away as Altar de Sacrificios, Coban and Uaxactun (all in Guatemala). It seems that Lubaantun was built at a choice location in order to access the naturals resources and exploit the pre-existing trade networks to their full potential. Language The ancient words spoken at t ...
... various sites, some as far away as Altar de Sacrificios, Coban and Uaxactun (all in Guatemala). It seems that Lubaantun was built at a choice location in order to access the naturals resources and exploit the pre-existing trade networks to their full potential. Language The ancient words spoken at t ...
his 105 –archaeology of the nigerian region
... from which practice natural vegetative reproduction localised around living places, might have resulted. It is typical of yam to regenerate after the removal of the tuber if too much damage is not done to the vine and roots. Thus ancient hunter-gatherers would have accustomed to the idea of returnin ...
... from which practice natural vegetative reproduction localised around living places, might have resulted. It is typical of yam to regenerate after the removal of the tuber if too much damage is not done to the vine and roots. Thus ancient hunter-gatherers would have accustomed to the idea of returnin ...
- iBrarian
... modeled as likely to contain mounds. The Monte Carlo samples serve as a statistical background against which to test the size of mound viewsheds, and significance is determined by simply ranking the realized sample (mound viewshed) against the 99 generated samples (Kvamme 1996). A viewshed larger th ...
... modeled as likely to contain mounds. The Monte Carlo samples serve as a statistical background against which to test the size of mound viewsheds, and significance is determined by simply ranking the realized sample (mound viewshed) against the 99 generated samples (Kvamme 1996). A viewshed larger th ...
CULTURAL ECOLOGY AND THE INDIGENOUS LANDSCAPE
... be been officially registered with the INAH prior to the project. Most of these sites (approximately 16) had chipped stone artifacts on the surface. The chipped stone that was most prevalent was a dark green to black meta-volcanic that was available in the watershed. Milky quartz was also noted, but ...
... be been officially registered with the INAH prior to the project. Most of these sites (approximately 16) had chipped stone artifacts on the surface. The chipped stone that was most prevalent was a dark green to black meta-volcanic that was available in the watershed. Milky quartz was also noted, but ...
Opening Archaeology Repatriation`s Impact on Contemporary
... only recently have been more widely recognized. The discipline’s role in the past and the institutions and social contexts within which its earlier practices were forged and continued to develop are not easily separated from the ethical, practical, or theoretical constructs of contemporary research. ...
... only recently have been more widely recognized. The discipline’s role in the past and the institutions and social contexts within which its earlier practices were forged and continued to develop are not easily separated from the ethical, practical, or theoretical constructs of contemporary research. ...
Saturday - Society for American Archaeology
... Debora Trein—Close the Door When You Leave: Termination Deposit at a Temple Structure at the site of La Milpa, Belize Emma Chambers-Koenig—Ritual Deposits and Abandonment Processes at Aguacate Uno, Belize ...
... Debora Trein—Close the Door When You Leave: Termination Deposit at a Temple Structure at the site of La Milpa, Belize Emma Chambers-Koenig—Ritual Deposits and Abandonment Processes at Aguacate Uno, Belize ...
Early African America: Archaeological Studies of Significance and
... slave trade practices indicated that captive Africans were typically intermixed in transit to prevent individuals from the same culture and language group from joining into cohesive networks to rebel and resist the system of bondage. Mintz and Price (1976) contended that enslaved African Americans m ...
... slave trade practices indicated that captive Africans were typically intermixed in transit to prevent individuals from the same culture and language group from joining into cohesive networks to rebel and resist the system of bondage. Mintz and Price (1976) contended that enslaved African Americans m ...
REFERENCES CITED
... Blume, Cara L. 1995 Shifting Sands: Practicing Cultural Paleoecology in the James Branch Watershed. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Anthropology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. Blume, Cara L. and Robert D. Wall 2001 Ceramic Analysis, Puncheon Run Site. Draft. Prep ...
... Blume, Cara L. 1995 Shifting Sands: Practicing Cultural Paleoecology in the James Branch Watershed. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Anthropology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. Blume, Cara L. and Robert D. Wall 2001 Ceramic Analysis, Puncheon Run Site. Draft. Prep ...
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 ...
People with history: An update on historical
... Archaeology still functions as historical supplementation, in the large sense that prehistory might be considered "the best we can do" given the lack of written records and in the more restricted sense of filling in the gaps in documented societies. There is no question that this function continues ...
... Archaeology still functions as historical supplementation, in the large sense that prehistory might be considered "the best we can do" given the lack of written records and in the more restricted sense of filling in the gaps in documented societies. There is no question that this function continues ...
POSTCOLONIAL THEORY IN ANTHROPOLOGY AND
... knowing in advance just exactly how it will taste, where it will be located, or how deeply it will satisfy. As we eat our way through the readings in this course, certain pages and volumes will more deeply satisfy than others. Some may taste rather dry, and yet others be peppered with the excitement ...
... knowing in advance just exactly how it will taste, where it will be located, or how deeply it will satisfy. As we eat our way through the readings in this course, certain pages and volumes will more deeply satisfy than others. Some may taste rather dry, and yet others be peppered with the excitement ...
Individual Abstracts, I through L
... to A.D. 100), during the Formative period, according to Mesoamerican chronology. Cuicuilco is one and probably the first of these Formative sites in the Mexico Basin and is located in the southern part of Mexico City, in an area covered by lava flows from the Xitle volcano, named El Pedregal. The ag ...
... to A.D. 100), during the Formative period, according to Mesoamerican chronology. Cuicuilco is one and probably the first of these Formative sites in the Mexico Basin and is located in the southern part of Mexico City, in an area covered by lava flows from the Xitle volcano, named El Pedregal. The ag ...
Archaeology, Annales, and ethnohistory
... ment lrom description to explanation, lrom the idiographic to the nomothetic, lrom structure to event, and lrom continuity to change. This dialogue has been expounded not only by sociologists (e.g., Weber 1956)' anthropologists (e.g., White 1945: 245), anð archaeologists (e.g., Hodder 1986: ll-17), ...
... ment lrom description to explanation, lrom the idiographic to the nomothetic, lrom structure to event, and lrom continuity to change. This dialogue has been expounded not only by sociologists (e.g., Weber 1956)' anthropologists (e.g., White 1945: 245), anð archaeologists (e.g., Hodder 1986: ll-17), ...
GPR Mapping to test Anthropological Hypotheses
... The GPR method allows efficient and accurate threedimensional mapping of buried archaeological sites, which can be used to categorize and age date ancient architectural features. A site at Comb Wash, Utah was used to test the nature of buried remains within large surface depressions with GPR. Amplit ...
... The GPR method allows efficient and accurate threedimensional mapping of buried archaeological sites, which can be used to categorize and age date ancient architectural features. A site at Comb Wash, Utah was used to test the nature of buried remains within large surface depressions with GPR. Amplit ...
Webmoor WitmoreNAR - Site Home
... matter, and asking what is it to be a human being. Who are the we invoked by Meskell ...
... matter, and asking what is it to be a human being. Who are the we invoked by Meskell ...
Underwater archaeology
Underwater archaeology is archaeology practiced underwater. As with all other branches of archaeology it evolved from its roots in pre-history and in the classical era to include sites from the historical and industrial eras. Its acceptance has been a relatively late development due to the difficulties of accessing and working underwater sites, and because the application of archaeology to underwater sites initially emerged from the skills and tools developed by shipwreck salvagers. As a result underwater archaeology initially struggled to establish itself as bona fide archaeological research. The situation changed when universities began teaching the subject and when a theoretical and practical base for the sub-discipline was firmly established. Underwater Archaeology now has a number of branches including, after it became broadly accepted in the late 1980s maritime archaeology: the scientifically based study of past human life, behaviours and cultures and their activities in, on, around and (lately) under the sea, estuaries and rivers. This is most often effected using the physical remains found in, around or under salt or fresh water or buried beneath water-logged sediment. In recent years the study of submerged WWII sites and of submerged aircraft in the form of underwater aviation archaeology have also emerged as bona fide activity.Though often mistaken as such, underwater archaeology is not restricted to the study of shipwrecks. Changes in sea-level, because of local seismic events, such as the earthquakes that devastated Port Royal and Alexandria, or more widespread climatic or changes on a continental scale mean that some sites of human occupation that were once on dry land are now submerged. At the end of the last ice age the North Sea was a great plain, and anthropological material, as well as the remains of animals such as mammoths are sometimes recovered by trawlers. Also, because human societies have always made use of water, sometimes the remains of structures that these societies built underwater still exist (such as the foundations of crannogs, bridges and harbours) when traces on dry land have been lost. As a result, underwater archaeological sites can include a vast range including: submerged indigenous sites and places where people once lived or visited, that have been subsequently covered by water due to rising sea levels; wells, cenotes, wrecks (shipwrecks; aircraft); the remains of structures created in water (such as crannogs, bridges or harbours); other port-related structures; refuse or debris sites where people disposed of their waste, garbage and other items such as ships, aircraft, munitions and machinery, by dumping into the water.Underwater archaeology is often complementary to archaeological research on terrestrial sites because often the two are linked by many and various elements including geographic, social, political, economic and other considerations. As a result a study of an archaeological landscape can involve a multidisciplinary approach requiring the inclusion of many specialists from a variety of disciplines including prehistory, historical archaeology, maritime archaeology, anthropology. There are many examples. One is the wreck of the VOC ship Zuytdorp lost in 1711 on the coast of Western Australia and where there remains considerable speculation that some of the crew survived and after establishing themselves on shore intermixed with Indigenous tribes from the area. The archaeological signature at this site also now extends into the interaction between indigenous people and the European pastoralists who entered the area in the mid 19th century.