PHOENICIAN EXPLANATION: EXAMINATION OF PUBLIC
... only be accomplished through the education of the public as to why they are so important. With the increase of treasure hunting stories in the media, it is difficult for the public to distinguish between the scholarly methods of projects conducted by archaeologists and the detrimental methods employ ...
... only be accomplished through the education of the public as to why they are so important. With the increase of treasure hunting stories in the media, it is difficult for the public to distinguish between the scholarly methods of projects conducted by archaeologists and the detrimental methods employ ...
Archaeology Is Anthropology - CLAS Users
... admitting to some inferiority but of acknowledging the wider intellectual field of which archaeology is a part (Gosden 1999:2). Another way to interpret this statement is to recognize that anthropology is as completely exemplified by archaeology as it is by any of the other subfields. In this sense, ...
... admitting to some inferiority but of acknowledging the wider intellectual field of which archaeology is a part (Gosden 1999:2). Another way to interpret this statement is to recognize that anthropology is as completely exemplified by archaeology as it is by any of the other subfields. In this sense, ...
Archaeology, Annales, and ethnohistory
... movement whose impact has been felt worldwide, ranges lrom decidedly enthusiastic to resolutely disparaging (e.g,, Trevor-Roper 1973: 408; Kinser 1981a: 676). The pros and cons ofthis methodology and its ever-changing ...
... movement whose impact has been felt worldwide, ranges lrom decidedly enthusiastic to resolutely disparaging (e.g,, Trevor-Roper 1973: 408; Kinser 1981a: 676). The pros and cons ofthis methodology and its ever-changing ...
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 ...
Number 3, May - Society for American Archaeology
... 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 Society’s primary publication on the practice of archaeology, one of the only such publi ...
... 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 Society’s primary publication on the practice of archaeology, one of the only such publi ...
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 ...
Webmoor WitmoreNAR - Site Home
... partition reality into nature versus society, so that in this partitive scheme there was incontrovertible ownership of the ‘social territory’ and the blitzkrieging advances of the natural sciences could be contained? Is it simply entrepreneurial branding in an academic free market overrun by lobbyin ...
... partition reality into nature versus society, so that in this partitive scheme there was incontrovertible ownership of the ‘social territory’ and the blitzkrieging advances of the natural sciences could be contained? Is it simply entrepreneurial branding in an academic free market overrun by lobbyin ...
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 ...
1 The “Ethnographic Turn” in Archaeology
... political histories of archaeology (Patterson 1986, 1994, 1999, 2003; Rutsch 2002; Kehoe 1998) as well as many of the “internal” analyses of the sociopolitical dimensions of archaeological practices, epistemology, and interpretations (Leone, Potter, and Schakel 1987; Gero and Conkey 1991; Gero, Lacy ...
... political histories of archaeology (Patterson 1986, 1994, 1999, 2003; Rutsch 2002; Kehoe 1998) as well as many of the “internal” analyses of the sociopolitical dimensions of archaeological practices, epistemology, and interpretations (Leone, Potter, and Schakel 1987; Gero and Conkey 1991; Gero, Lacy ...
aboriginalism and the problems of indigenous archaeology
... In dealing with a subject that is fraught with misunderstandings and emotional associations, a writer is well advised to begin by summarizing his personal viewpoint. My perspective differs little from that espoused by Wylie (2005:63), who describes it as “modest realism” and “moderate pragmatic obje ...
... In dealing with a subject that is fraught with misunderstandings and emotional associations, a writer is well advised to begin by summarizing his personal viewpoint. My perspective differs little from that espoused by Wylie (2005:63), who describes it as “modest realism” and “moderate pragmatic obje ...
Post-Processual Archaeology and After
... So instead of social systems and other social totalities, post-processual archaeology is interested in social subjects, thinking and plotting agents who work their way through society and history seeking goals, constantly sending out signals and signs, constantly interpreting the cultural significat ...
... So instead of social systems and other social totalities, post-processual archaeology is interested in social subjects, thinking and plotting agents who work their way through society and history seeking goals, constantly sending out signals and signs, constantly interpreting the cultural significat ...
REFERENCES CITED
... 1906 Scapulimantia. In The Boas Anniversary Volume, pp. 143-165. G.E. Stechert and Company, New York. Andrefsky, W. Jr. 1998 Lithics: Macroscopic Approaches to Analysis. Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Anonymous 1925 A Relation of Maryland, 1635. In Narrative ...
... 1906 Scapulimantia. In The Boas Anniversary Volume, pp. 143-165. G.E. Stechert and Company, New York. Andrefsky, W. Jr. 1998 Lithics: Macroscopic Approaches to Analysis. Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Anonymous 1925 A Relation of Maryland, 1635. In Narrative ...
Teaching Archaeology as Anthropology. - CLAS Users
... archaeology should continue to operate within anthropology.5 The consensus of the academic, nonacademic, and government archaeologists, as well as of the graduate students who attended the symposium, was that education in anthropology is of value to all archaeologists. The seven principles enunciate ...
... archaeology should continue to operate within anthropology.5 The consensus of the academic, nonacademic, and government archaeologists, as well as of the graduate students who attended the symposium, was that education in anthropology is of value to all archaeologists. The seven principles enunciate ...
The World as Artefact: Material Culture Studies and Archaeology
... it represents quite fairly the attitude that traditional archaeologists have towards ethno-archaeology and analogies in general. Thus, the hidden prejudices have had consequences for archaeology. The critics of ethno-archaeology address not necessarily the ethnographic study in itself (although the ...
... it represents quite fairly the attitude that traditional archaeologists have towards ethno-archaeology and analogies in general. Thus, the hidden prejudices have had consequences for archaeology. The critics of ethno-archaeology address not necessarily the ethnographic study in itself (although the ...
Re-Presenting the Past
... (2) Some representations of the archaeological past are objectively and subjectively better than others. There can be the possibility of improved representation that does not simply adhere to the analytical preoccupations of any one generation of scholars. The first point builds on the recent idea t ...
... (2) Some representations of the archaeological past are objectively and subjectively better than others. There can be the possibility of improved representation that does not simply adhere to the analytical preoccupations of any one generation of scholars. The first point builds on the recent idea t ...
The Engendering of Archaeology Refiguring Feminist Science Studies
... culture-transforming shift in subsistence practice was realized.3 Watson and Kennedy say they are "leery" of explanations that remove women from the one domain granted them as soon as an exercise of initiative is envisioned. Often, however, straightforward erasure is not the problem; and so a second ...
... culture-transforming shift in subsistence practice was realized.3 Watson and Kennedy say they are "leery" of explanations that remove women from the one domain granted them as soon as an exercise of initiative is envisioned. Often, however, straightforward erasure is not the problem; and so a second ...
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 ...
The Archaeology of African History
... History in Africa 18 (1991), 323-48. Examples of papers co-author notable for their rarity. See for example Andrew Reid and David L. ...
... History in Africa 18 (1991), 323-48. Examples of papers co-author notable for their rarity. See for example Andrew Reid and David L. ...
Cross-Cultural Research
... measures&dquo; of human behaviors. For McNett, these are the most important findings that cross-cultural research has to offer-ways to view human behavior using material remains as proxy measures of those behaviors. For the Embers, material correlates are certainly valuable for archaeological interp ...
... measures&dquo; of human behaviors. For McNett, these are the most important findings that cross-cultural research has to offer-ways to view human behavior using material remains as proxy measures of those behaviors. For the Embers, material correlates are certainly valuable for archaeological interp ...
Understanding the Present and the Past: Perspectives on
... information and the most important innovation was River’s development of the ‘genealogical method’. Though he was not the first one to collect genealogical information, he was the pioneer in understanding the centrality of kinship to all other aspects of life. The knowledge of kinship allowed the in ...
... information and the most important innovation was River’s development of the ‘genealogical method’. Though he was not the first one to collect genealogical information, he was the pioneer in understanding the centrality of kinship to all other aspects of life. The knowledge of kinship allowed the in ...
Sonya Atalay University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of
... Ethics: Workshop and Related Scholarly Activities” ...
... Ethics: Workshop and Related Scholarly Activities” ...
Ethnicity: Theoretical Approaches, Methodological
... Physical and anatomical features were given a primary role in the definition of races, but language, psychology, and cultural and intellectual ability were also seen as important. Racial determinism was widespread and, to greater or lesser degrees, racial theories posited a direct relationship betw ...
... Physical and anatomical features were given a primary role in the definition of races, but language, psychology, and cultural and intellectual ability were also seen as important. Racial determinism was widespread and, to greater or lesser degrees, racial theories posited a direct relationship betw ...
The life of an artifact in an interpretive archaeology
... but as being central to the working of society. One particular and much debated line was to conceive material culture, through an analogy with text, as a semiotic and communicative medium (cf also Hodder 1986). It is in this context that I take up the proposition that a radical opposition of people ...
... but as being central to the working of society. One particular and much debated line was to conceive material culture, through an analogy with text, as a semiotic and communicative medium (cf also Hodder 1986). It is in this context that I take up the proposition that a radical opposition of people ...
Jeffrey S - Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism
... Louisiana. Caddo Archeology Journal 22:21-62. Perttula, Timothy K., Mary Beth Trubitt, and Jeffrey S. Girard 2012 The Use of Shell-Tempered Pottery in the Caddo Area of the Southeastern U.S. Southeastern Archaeology 30(2):242-267. Girard, Jeffrey S. and Timothy K. Perttula 2012 Artifacts in the Raym ...
... Louisiana. Caddo Archeology Journal 22:21-62. Perttula, Timothy K., Mary Beth Trubitt, and Jeffrey S. Girard 2012 The Use of Shell-Tempered Pottery in the Caddo Area of the Southeastern U.S. Southeastern Archaeology 30(2):242-267. Girard, Jeffrey S. and Timothy K. Perttula 2012 Artifacts in the Raym ...
Anthropology and Archaeology
... Major contributions to understanding the history of American archaeology - anthropological, Classical, avocational - are preserved and made accessible through the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan. These primary sources include personal correspondence and manuscripts of key pa ...
... Major contributions to understanding the history of American archaeology - anthropological, Classical, avocational - are preserved and made accessible through the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan. These primary sources include personal correspondence and manuscripts of key pa ...
Cambrian Archaeological Association
The Cambrian Archaeological Association (Welsh: Cymdeithas Hynafiaethau Cymru) was founded in 1846 to examine, preserve and illustrate the ancient monuments and remains of the history, language, manners, customs, arts and industries of Wales and the Welsh Marches and to educate the public in such matters. The association's activities include sponsoring lectures, field visits, and study tours; as well as publishing its journal, Archaeologia Cambrensis, and monographs. It also provides grants to support research and publications.