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 ...
Re-Presenting the Past
... means and strategies by which the archaeological past comes to us. All periods, all areas fall within the purview of this class, which looks in detail at the process by which material culture is digested and re-presented. Premises (1) Representations of the archaeological past are examples of interp ...
... means and strategies by which the archaeological past comes to us. All periods, all areas fall within the purview of this class, which looks in detail at the process by which material culture is digested and re-presented. Premises (1) Representations of the archaeological past are examples of interp ...
(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 ...
PHOENICIAN EXPLANATION: EXAMINATION OF PUBLIC
... evaluate this modern museum in terms of its importance in creating public interest in maritime archaeology. The ARQUA museum has become an icon for how a maritime archaeological institution should be designed. The Uluburun shipwreck excavation was selected because it was one of the earliest maritime ...
... evaluate this modern museum in terms of its importance in creating public interest in maritime archaeology. The ARQUA museum has become an icon for how a maritime archaeological institution should be designed. The Uluburun shipwreck excavation was selected because it was one of the earliest maritime ...
Saturday - Society for American Archaeology
... Temple Structure at the site of La Milpa, Belize Emma Chambers-Koenig—Ritual Deposits and Abandonment Processes at Aguacate Uno, Belize ...
... Temple Structure at the site of La Milpa, Belize Emma Chambers-Koenig—Ritual Deposits and Abandonment Processes at Aguacate Uno, Belize ...
Number 4, September - Society for American Archaeology
... kind of archaeology many of us would not have thought to do, that of a 1991 Ford Van. Searcy and Ure report on how a field-worthy computer holds up. Paul Minnis highlights a prominent role for archaeology in the study of crop diversity, both extant and extinct, something that struck me as even more ...
... kind of archaeology many of us would not have thought to do, that of a 1991 Ford Van. Searcy and Ure report on how a field-worthy computer holds up. Paul Minnis highlights a prominent role for archaeology in the study of crop diversity, both extant and extinct, something that struck me as even more ...
The Mesolithic
... date and presence of these, and potentially even earlier, foragers who may have only been transitory visitors to the land we now call Scotland. Over the 4000-year period represented by the Mesolithic, we can document traces of mobile groups who lived by gathering, hunting and fishing in a landscape ...
... date and presence of these, and potentially even earlier, foragers who may have only been transitory visitors to the land we now call Scotland. Over the 4000-year period represented by the Mesolithic, we can document traces of mobile groups who lived by gathering, hunting and fishing in a landscape ...
Nicola Di Cosmo, “The Origins of the Great Wall,” The Silk Road 4/1
... culture from the evidence in the Noyon uul barrows, an inventory of whose contents is appended with 73 plates and numerous additional drawings. The methodology of the excavation leaves something to be desired if judged by today’s standards. Camilla Trever, Excavations in Northern Mongolia (1924-1925 ...
... culture from the evidence in the Noyon uul barrows, an inventory of whose contents is appended with 73 plates and numerous additional drawings. The methodology of the excavation leaves something to be desired if judged by today’s standards. Camilla Trever, Excavations in Northern Mongolia (1924-1925 ...
Historical Archaeology from a World Perspective
... to the writer to be that while the latter is more concerned with classification and abstract concepts, the former is more concerned with ‘historical’ interpretation of prehistoric material. It is perhaps partly for this reason that ‘historic’ patterns in prehistory do not seem to be nearly as advanc ...
... to the writer to be that while the latter is more concerned with classification and abstract concepts, the former is more concerned with ‘historical’ interpretation of prehistoric material. It is perhaps partly for this reason that ‘historic’ patterns in prehistory do not seem to be nearly as advanc ...
Cultural Transmission Theory and the Archaeological Record
... CT has been implicit in many models in anthropology and archaeology. For example, 19th century anthropologists in Europe, such as Leo Forbenius and Fritz Graebner, took the presence of similar cultural traits in distant areas to reflect interaction and transmission of information between populations ...
... CT has been implicit in many models in anthropology and archaeology. For example, 19th century anthropologists in Europe, such as Leo Forbenius and Fritz Graebner, took the presence of similar cultural traits in distant areas to reflect interaction and transmission of information between populations ...
Understanding Historic Buildings
... should be clearly distinguished from the record of the building which should seek to be as objective as possible. In other cases, statements of significance may be prepared to help inform proposed work on a building, and help determine the level of recording required. Such statements may include so ...
... should be clearly distinguished from the record of the building which should seek to be as objective as possible. In other cases, statements of significance may be prepared to help inform proposed work on a building, and help determine the level of recording required. Such statements may include so ...
curriculum vitae - Anthropology, UC Berkeley
... 1990-1994 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, UC Berkeley. 1990-present Faculty Member, Archaeological Research Facility, University of California, Berkeley. 1989-1990 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, San Diego State University. Graduate Student and Post ...
... 1990-1994 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, UC Berkeley. 1990-present Faculty Member, Archaeological Research Facility, University of California, Berkeley. 1989-1990 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, San Diego State University. Graduate Student and Post ...
Text - Reading`s CentAUR
... Other studies indicate an effect on Late Mesolithic settlement distribution and subsistence on the Iberian Peninsula (Fernandez Lopez de Pablo and Gomez Puche, 2009; Fernandez Lopez de Pablo and Jochim, 2010), social, technological, and settlement changes in various places in Europe (Gehlen and Sch ...
... Other studies indicate an effect on Late Mesolithic settlement distribution and subsistence on the Iberian Peninsula (Fernandez Lopez de Pablo and Gomez Puche, 2009; Fernandez Lopez de Pablo and Jochim, 2010), social, technological, and settlement changes in various places in Europe (Gehlen and Sch ...
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 ...
Session Abstracts - Society for American Archaeology
... The term "ochre" is one of the most poorly defined categories of material culture. Broadly speaking, archaeologists tend to identify any iron-containing rock, mineral, or soil capable of producing a colored streak as ochre. This is at best an incomplete definition and at worst is so imprecise that i ...
... The term "ochre" is one of the most poorly defined categories of material culture. Broadly speaking, archaeologists tend to identify any iron-containing rock, mineral, or soil capable of producing a colored streak as ochre. This is at best an incomplete definition and at worst is so imprecise that i ...
Archaeology, Annales, and ethnohistory
... archaeological evidence is underemphasized. Although methodologically the information provided by archaeological and documentary or ethnohistoric records must be kept separate (Evans 1974: l7), in the study of the past it is necessary to develop a dialogue between the ...
... archaeological evidence is underemphasized. Although methodologically the information provided by archaeological and documentary or ethnohistoric records must be kept separate (Evans 1974: l7), in the study of the past it is necessary to develop a dialogue between the ...
Number 3, May - Society for American Archaeology
... spent well over a decade working on the Society’s primary publication on the practice of archaeology, one of the only such publications in our discipline. Although not always an easy job, the editorship has been an invaluable experience, one through which I have learned much I would not have otherwi ...
... spent well over a decade working on the Society’s primary publication on the practice of archaeology, one of the only such publications in our discipline. Although not always an easy job, the editorship has been an invaluable experience, one through which I have learned much I would not have otherwi ...
Unearthing the Past, Learning for the Future: Archaeology at
... The 2005 Archaeological Field School project represents a return to the site by The Charleston Museum. Excavations were conducted in locus 22, the northwestern quadrant of the lawn surrounding the main house. This fieldwork follows, and builds upon, a long list of archaeological research at Drayton ...
... The 2005 Archaeological Field School project represents a return to the site by The Charleston Museum. Excavations were conducted in locus 22, the northwestern quadrant of the lawn surrounding the main house. This fieldwork follows, and builds upon, a long list of archaeological research at Drayton ...
REFERENCES CITED
... Mortuary Practices: Their Study and Their Potential. In Approaches to the Social Dimensions of Mortuary Practices, edited by J. A. Brown, pp.6-29. Society for American Archaeology, Washington, D.C. ...
... Mortuary Practices: Their Study and Their Potential. In Approaches to the Social Dimensions of Mortuary Practices, edited by J. A. Brown, pp.6-29. Society for American Archaeology, Washington, D.C. ...
Anatomy Anthropology (ANTH)
... An introduction to the study of concepts, theories, and methods used in the comparative study of sociocultural systems. The course typically includes subjects such as subsistence patterns, social and political organization, language and communication, family and kinship, religion, the arts, social i ...
... An introduction to the study of concepts, theories, and methods used in the comparative study of sociocultural systems. The course typically includes subjects such as subsistence patterns, social and political organization, language and communication, family and kinship, religion, the arts, social i ...
Approaching material culture
... It is important that the most fruitful definition of artefact in this sense is a very wide one. “Artefacts are a means by which we give form to, and come to an understanding of, ourselves, others, or abstractions such as the nation or the modern” (Miller 1994:397). “The concept of the artefact is be ...
... It is important that the most fruitful definition of artefact in this sense is a very wide one. “Artefacts are a means by which we give form to, and come to an understanding of, ourselves, others, or abstractions such as the nation or the modern” (Miller 1994:397). “The concept of the artefact is be ...
1 The “Ethnographic Turn” in Archaeology
... as an alternative way to problematize certain issues with which some postprocessualist archaeologies are concerned, on the other hand. My third goal is to lay out a schematic agenda of how ethnography might be focused as a series of practices integrated into archaeological research. This discussion, ...
... as an alternative way to problematize certain issues with which some postprocessualist archaeologies are concerned, on the other hand. My third goal is to lay out a schematic agenda of how ethnography might be focused as a series of practices integrated into archaeological research. This discussion, ...
An Archaeology of Landscapes: Perspectives and
... tracing the development of the landscape idea over its history in the social sciences and examining the compatibility between this concept and traditional archaeological practice, we suggest that archaeology is particularly well suited among the social sciences for defining and applying a landscape ...
... tracing the development of the landscape idea over its history in the social sciences and examining the compatibility between this concept and traditional archaeological practice, we suggest that archaeology is particularly well suited among the social sciences for defining and applying a landscape ...
Utatlan: The Constituted Community of the K`iche Maya of Q`umarkaj
... de Jilotepeque, describe how the Xajil Kaqchikel may have come from the Pipil area of Salvador, and the Chajoma Kaqchikel may have come from the Zacualpa area of highland Guatemala (2003b: 299; Crespo 1956). Braswell posited that K’iche’ elite participated in a trading network for access to obtain h ...
... de Jilotepeque, describe how the Xajil Kaqchikel may have come from the Pipil area of Salvador, and the Chajoma Kaqchikel may have come from the Zacualpa area of highland Guatemala (2003b: 299; Crespo 1956). Braswell posited that K’iche’ elite participated in a trading network for access to obtain h ...
The Neoliberal Challenge
... Because all archaeology in Mexico is under the control of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), all archaeologists who work in Mexico, including those from the United States, work on behalf of the Mexican state. However, archaeologists must do their work within and nearby those ...
... Because all archaeology in Mexico is under the control of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), all archaeologists who work in Mexico, including those from the United States, work on behalf of the Mexican state. However, archaeologists must do their work within and nearby those ...