Society for American Archaeology US BOR Contributions to the
... amount of information about archaeology to the general public while communicating the commitment of the archaeology profession to its publics. The following reports on the rationale for this project and the methodologies pursued in the development of this vast set of informational web pages. Include ...
... amount of information about archaeology to the general public while communicating the commitment of the archaeology profession to its publics. The following reports on the rationale for this project and the methodologies pursued in the development of this vast set of informational web pages. Include ...
Archeological and Bioarcheological Resources of the
... These syntheses make clear why properties are significant, where there are gaps in archeological and bioarcheological knowledge, and what the future directions are for cultural resources planning by Department of Defense installations, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and other federal agencies. In ...
... These syntheses make clear why properties are significant, where there are gaps in archeological and bioarcheological knowledge, and what the future directions are for cultural resources planning by Department of Defense installations, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and other federal agencies. In ...
THE BORDES-BINFORD DEBATE: TRANSATLANTIC
... specialists and non-specialists alike; one could cast the story in so many ways. There are nationalistic overtones in the upstart American versus the courtly Frenchman, a May-December (maybe November) element with a Young Turk battling a tested old(er) warrior, and a sprinkling of the inevitability ...
... specialists and non-specialists alike; one could cast the story in so many ways. There are nationalistic overtones in the upstart American versus the courtly Frenchman, a May-December (maybe November) element with a Young Turk battling a tested old(er) warrior, and a sprinkling of the inevitability ...
Journal of Taphonomy
... litholeimonomy into taphonomy in their praxis. Taphonomy should not be limited to the study of the physical remains of organisms but should also encompass anything extending their somatic nature and leaving information about their behavior. In this sense, not only it is not necessary for an organism ...
... litholeimonomy into taphonomy in their praxis. Taphonomy should not be limited to the study of the physical remains of organisms but should also encompass anything extending their somatic nature and leaving information about their behavior. In this sense, not only it is not necessary for an organism ...
People with history: An update on historical
... breadth of the historical ethnography produced in historical archaeology, along with the volume of literature, continues to grow dramatically. Testing Ground for Prehistoric Principles ...
... breadth of the historical ethnography produced in historical archaeology, along with the volume of literature, continues to grow dramatically. Testing Ground for Prehistoric Principles ...
REFERENCES CITED
... 1977 Late Quaternary Environment and Man in Western New York. In Amerinds and their Paleoenvironments in Northeastern North America, edited by Walter S. Newman and Bert Salwen, pp. 297-315. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 228. Camilli, E.L. 1988 Intepreting Long-term Land-use Patt ...
... 1977 Late Quaternary Environment and Man in Western New York. In Amerinds and their Paleoenvironments in Northeastern North America, edited by Walter S. Newman and Bert Salwen, pp. 297-315. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 228. Camilli, E.L. 1988 Intepreting Long-term Land-use Patt ...
An Archaeology of Landscapes: Perspectives and
... Kowalewski, 1990; Struever, 1971, to name only a few). Various nonsite, offsite, and archaeological landscape approaches (e.g., Cherry et al., 1991; Dunnell, 1992; Ebert, 1992; Rossignol and Wandsnider, 1992; Yamin and Metheny, 1996; see also the later discussions) arose to consider the distribution ...
... Kowalewski, 1990; Struever, 1971, to name only a few). Various nonsite, offsite, and archaeological landscape approaches (e.g., Cherry et al., 1991; Dunnell, 1992; Ebert, 1992; Rossignol and Wandsnider, 1992; Yamin and Metheny, 1996; see also the later discussions) arose to consider the distribution ...
Post-Processual Archaeology and After
... Post-processualism is mainly an academic phenomenon found in university archaeology departments. Its core community has been in Britain, but there are many also in Scandinavia and the Netherlands. A significant portion of a new generation of anthropological archaeologists in the United States seems ...
... Post-processualism is mainly an academic phenomenon found in university archaeology departments. Its core community has been in Britain, but there are many also in Scandinavia and the Netherlands. A significant portion of a new generation of anthropological archaeologists in the United States seems ...
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 ...
Session Abstracts - Society for American Archaeology
... (SPONSORED BY THE SOCIETY FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCES) 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 in ...
... (SPONSORED BY THE SOCIETY FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCES) 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 in ...
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 ...
Opening Archaeology Repatriation`s Impact on Contemporary
... the Americas and into the long-term patterns of violence and injustice that 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 Americas and into the long-term patterns of violence and injustice that 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 ...
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 ...
2016 asor annual meeting – paper abstracts
... and implicit assumptions. Through shared data and digital collaboration, a critical understanding and comparison of data collected and published by different authors stimulates new perspectives and discovery. Sveta Matskevich (University of Haifa) and Ilan Sharon (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), “A ...
... and implicit assumptions. Through shared data and digital collaboration, a critical understanding and comparison of data collected and published by different authors stimulates new perspectives and discovery. Sveta Matskevich (University of Haifa) and Ilan Sharon (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), “A ...
Conceptualizing Death - Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative
... conducted to investigate the sociocultural phenomena associated with working with human remains. This thesis investigates the reactions and attitudes toward death of those involved in operational and administrative duties at the ARF focusing on how these attitudes influence and are influenced by inv ...
... conducted to investigate the sociocultural phenomena associated with working with human remains. This thesis investigates the reactions and attitudes toward death of those involved in operational and administrative duties at the ARF focusing on how these attitudes influence and are influenced by inv ...
Historical Archaeology from a World Perspective
... Reading these comments, it is invitable to remind Evelyn Waugh’s British sense of humour when she said that “we are all American at puberty; we die French”. However, it was not by chance that historical archaeology begun in the United States and the use of the term is still very much American, rathe ...
... Reading these comments, it is invitable to remind Evelyn Waugh’s British sense of humour when she said that “we are all American at puberty; we die French”. However, it was not by chance that historical archaeology begun in the United States and the use of the term is still very much American, rathe ...
1 The “Ethnographic Turn” in Archaeology
... 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, and Blakey 1983; Shanks and Tilley 1987a,b; Pinsky and Wylie 1990; M ...
... 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, and Blakey 1983; Shanks and Tilley 1987a,b; Pinsky and Wylie 1990; M ...
Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Archaeology on the Sea-bed
... and archaeological significance of wrecks on the seabed has been recognised for several decades and is well integrated into the licensing process for sea-bed development. In contrast, although it has been recognised since the early 20th century that archaeological remains of prehistoric human habita ...
... and archaeological significance of wrecks on the seabed has been recognised for several decades and is well integrated into the licensing process for sea-bed development. In contrast, although it has been recognised since the early 20th century that archaeological remains of prehistoric human habita ...
Saturday - Society for American Archaeology
... Christopher Ames, April Nowell, James T. Pokines and Carlos E. Cordova—New ...
... Christopher Ames, April Nowell, James T. Pokines and Carlos E. Cordova—New ...
On Recent Trends in the Anthropology of Foragers: Kalahari
... conclusions about local group composition and landownership as a primary spacing mechanism are blurry and overly flexible' (1970: 131). Today's prevailing model, broadly marked by the appearance of Man the hunter (Lee and DeVore 1968), adopts a somewhat static or equilibrium view of forager societie ...
... conclusions about local group composition and landownership as a primary spacing mechanism are blurry and overly flexible' (1970: 131). Today's prevailing model, broadly marked by the appearance of Man the hunter (Lee and DeVore 1968), adopts a somewhat static or equilibrium view of forager societie ...
Sex, Ancestral, and Pattern Type Variation of
... analogy for the duplication of the entire process of biological formation of minutiae on two pieces of skin making them indistinguishable. Because of the permanence and uniqueness of minutiae orientation, these traits have been utilized in several systems establishing identification on a comparison ...
... analogy for the duplication of the entire process of biological formation of minutiae on two pieces of skin making them indistinguishable. Because of the permanence and uniqueness of minutiae orientation, these traits have been utilized in several systems establishing identification on a comparison ...
Early African America: Archaeological Studies of Significance and
... scale from region, to community, to plantation domains, to individual occupation and work sites (Battle-Baptiste 2007; Heath and Bennett 2000; Upton 1990). Archaeological investigations increasingly focus on gender dynamics within African-American communities and households (Barile and Brandon 2004; ...
... scale from region, to community, to plantation domains, to individual occupation and work sites (Battle-Baptiste 2007; Heath and Bennett 2000; Upton 1990). Archaeological investigations increasingly focus on gender dynamics within African-American communities and households (Barile and Brandon 2004; ...
Volume 35 #4
... otolith (or inner ear bone), most likely from a Nile perch. The latter was further testament to the significance of regional trade at the site. The first few weeks at Summeily were spent opening new units around the previous year’s excavation, which showed evidence for a large destruction fire. A ta ...
... otolith (or inner ear bone), most likely from a Nile perch. The latter was further testament to the significance of regional trade at the site. The first few weeks at Summeily were spent opening new units around the previous year’s excavation, which showed evidence for a large destruction fire. A ta ...
The World as Artefact: Material Culture Studies and Archaeology
... best of the processual and post-processual thoughts. Finally, the plurality of approaches and interpretations, as celebrated by Hodder (1991). Common to all these authors and approaches to archaeology are disputes about the criteria for accepting or rejecting hypotheses or interpretations or, in oth ...
... best of the processual and post-processual thoughts. Finally, the plurality of approaches and interpretations, as celebrated by Hodder (1991). Common to all these authors and approaches to archaeology are disputes about the criteria for accepting or rejecting hypotheses or interpretations or, in oth ...
TAG program final
... ways in which figurines can be analyzed and understood. In this paper, I draw on recent advances in figurine studies, materials science, the anthropology of technology, and theories of materiality, in an attempt to shift attention away from figurines as purely visual media and consider the social si ...
... ways in which figurines can be analyzed and understood. In this paper, I draw on recent advances in figurine studies, materials science, the anthropology of technology, and theories of materiality, in an attempt to shift attention away from figurines as purely visual media and consider the social si ...