Archaeology category: 3529 books
Cities of God
The Bible and Archaeology in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
The history of archaeology is generally told as the making of a secular discipline. In nineteenth-century Britain, however, archaeology was enmeshed with questions of biblical authority and so with religious as well as narrowly scholarly concerns. In unearthing the cities of the Eastern Mediterranean,...
History Is in the Land
Multivocal Tribal Traditions in Arizona's San Pedro Valley
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Arizona’s San Pedro Valley is a natural corridor through which generations of native peoples have traveled for more than 12,000 years, and today many tribes consider it to be part of their ancestral homeland. This book explores the multiple cultural meanings, historical interpretations, and cosmological...
Historical Archaeology in the Cortez Mining District
Under the Nevada Giant
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2016
The Cortez Hills Expansion Project archaeological excavations uncovered a wealth of information about the Cortez Mining District, from its beginning in 1863 to the government-mandated end to the mining of precious metals in the district during World War II. Obermayr and McQueen use archaeological...
The Archaeology of Early China
From Prehistory to the Han Dynasty
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2015
This volume aims to satisfy a pressing need for an updated account of Chinese archaeology. It covers an extended time period from the earliest peopling of China to the unification of the Chinese Empire some two thousand years ago. The geographical coverage includes the traditional focus on the Yellow...
Collision or Collaboration
Archaeology Encounters Economic Development
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2016
Archaeology has an often contentious relationship with the consequences of economic development. Tourism, urban development and natural resource exploitation have generated adverse impact on the archaeological record, indigenous cultures and local communities worldwide. Over the decades, international...
The Archaeology of Slavery
A Comparative Approach to Captivity and Coercion
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2014
Plantation sites, especially those in the southeastern United States, have long dominated the archaeological study of slavery. These antebellum estates, however, are not representative of the range of geographic locations and time periods in which slavery has occurred. As archaeologists have begun...
Out of Many, One People
The Historical Archaeology of Colonial Jamaica
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2011
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As a source of colonial wealth and a crucible for global culture, Jamaica has had a profound impact on the formation of the modern world system. From the island's economic and military importance to the colonial empires it has...
The Archaeology of La Calsada
A Rockshelter in the Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2010
On a remote mountainside 2,000 meters above sea level in the northern Sierra Madre Oriental, the rockshelter at La Calsada has yielded basic archaeological data for one of the least understood regions of prehistoric North America, the state of Nuevo León in northern Mexico. This comprehensive site report,...
Numismatic Archaeology of North America
A Field Guide
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
Numismatic Archaeology of North America is the first book to provide an archaeological overview of the coins and tokens found in a wide range of North American archaeological sites. It begins with a comprehensive and well-illustrated review of the various coins and tokens that circulated in North...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2005
The first text to address the contentious issues raised by the pursuit of anthropology and archaeology in the world today. Calls into question the traditional, sometimes difficult relationship between western scholars and the contemporary cultures and peoples they study and can easily disturb.
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Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Examining human occupation of the arctic and subarctic zones, irrespective of place and time, this book explores a wide variety of fascinating areas and inhabitants along several points in history. Beautifully illustrated, Arctic Archaeology is essential reading for all those curious about how organisms survived in this life threatening environment.
by Laurajane Smith, Emma Waterton
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2013
This book traces the development of 'community archaeology', identifying both its advantages and disadvantages by describing how and why tensions have arisen between archaeological and community understandings of the past. The focus of this book is the conceptual disjunction between heritage and data...
Archaeology
Secrets in Stone
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2016
History has its secrets. Archaeology is the key that gives us insight into the people who walked here before us. Their buildings, writing, and art left their unique and indelible mark on history. Even the small artifacts they left behind give us a glimpse into the lives of those who shaped the world we know today.
Marketing Heritage
Archaeology and the Consumption of the Past
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
What are the implications of mass tourism and globalization for the field of archaeology? How does this change popular understandings of the past? Increasingly archaeological sites worldwide are being commodified for a growing tourist trade. At best, expansion of programs can aid in the protection...