Archaeological Constructs

Author : Linda M. Hurcombe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789088903656
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Life Cycle of Structures in Experimental Archaeology written by Linda M. Hurcombe and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume on experimental archaeology focusses on the life cycles structures such as houses, boats, forges, etc. Key themes are the birth, life and death of structures.

Author : Hans Barnard
Publisher : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
ISBN 13 : 1938770382
Total Pages : 617 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Archaeology of Mobility written by Hans Barnard and published by Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press. This book was released on 2008-12-31 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There have been edited books on the archaeology of nomadism in various regions, and there have been individual archaeological and anthropological monographs, but nothing with the kind of coverage provided in this volume. Its strength and importance lies in the fact that it brings together a worldwide collection of studies of the archaeology of mobility. This book provides a ready-made reference to this worldwide phenomenon and is unique in that it tries to redefine pastoralism within a larger context by the term mobility. It presents many new ideas and thoughtful approaches, especially in the Central Asian region.

Author : Lewis R. Binford
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520303407
Total Pages : 583 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Constructing Frames of Reference written by Lewis R. Binford and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many consider Lewis Binford to be the single most influential figure in archaeology in the last half-century. His contributions to the "New Archaeology" changed the course of the field, as he argued for the development of a scientifically rigorous framework to guide the excavation and interpretation of the archaeological record. This book, the culmination of Binford's intellectual legacy thus far, presents a detailed description of his methodology and its significance for understanding hunter-gatherer cultures on a global basis. This landmark publication will be an important step in understanding the great process of cultural evolution and will change the way archaeology proceeds as a scientific enterprise. This work provides a major synthesis of an enormous body of cultural and environmental information and offers many original insights into the past. Binford helped pioneer what is now called "ethnoarchaeology"—the study of living societies to help explain cultural patterns in the archaeological record—and this book is grounded on a detailed analysis of ethnographic data from about 340 historically known hunter-gatherer populations. The methodological framework based on this data will reshape the paradigms through which we understand human culture for years to come.

Author : Ian Shaw
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9780631235835
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book A Dictionary of Archaeology written by Ian Shaw and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2002-05-06 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dictionary provides those studying or working in archaeology with a complete reference to the field.

Author : Carmelo G. Malacrino
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 1606060163
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Constructing the Ancient World written by Carmelo G. Malacrino and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2010 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey of building techniques & architecture from the 3rd century B.C. through the fifth century A.D., this volume explores how the Greeks of the classical period & later the Romans created a complex & innovative built environment.

Author : F. Giligny
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1784911011
Total Pages : 664 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book CAA2014: 21st Century Archaeology written by F. Giligny and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together a selection of papers proposed for the Proceedings of the 42nd Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology conference (CAA), hosted at Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University from 22nd to 25th April 2014.

Author : J. C. Gardin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521109383
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Archaeological Constructs written by J. C. Gardin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archaeology, like all scientific disciplines, is accumulating an ever-increasing volume of data which the researcher must be able to retrieve and use in formulating and testing theories of interpretation. There are many practical questions of how information can best be recorded, stored and disseminated, but behind these lie fundamental intellectual questions. It is to the latter that Jean-Claude Gardin addresses this book. The advent of data banks, computers, micro-publishing, etc. will not in itself improve the access of the researcher to information of real value unless some consensus can be reached on the way the information is selected and presented and the reasoning processes that these different modes of presentation embody. Jean-Claude Gardin sees this as a long-term goal, the book as one step on the way to its achievement.

Author : Michael Shanks
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134886098
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Re-constructing Archaeology written by Michael Shanks and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-17 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: InRe-Constructing Archaeology, Shanks and Tilley aim to challenge the disciplinary practices of both traditional and the `new' archaeology and to present a radical alternative - a critically self-consious archaeology aware of itself as pracitce in the present, and equally a social archaeology that appreciates artefacts not merely as ovjects of analysis but as part of a social world of past and present that is charged with meaning. It is a fresh and invigorating contribution to the emergence of a philosophically and politically informed archaeology.

Author : Diane F. George
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 0813057027
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Archaeology of Identity and Dissonance written by Diane F. George and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2019-01-21 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume demonstrates how humans adapt to new and challenging environments by building and adjusting their identities. By gathering a diverse set of case studies that draw on popular themes in contemporary historical archaeology and current trends in archaeological method and theory, it shows the many ways identity formation can be seen in the material world that humans create. The essays focus on situations across the globe where humans have experienced dissonance in the form of colonization, migration, conflict, marginalization, and other cultural encounters. Featuring a wide time span that reaches to the ancient past, examples include Roman soldiers in Britain, Vikings in Iceland and the Orkney Islands, sex workers in French colonial Algeria, Irish immigrants to the United States, an African American community in nineteenth-century New York City, and the Taino people of contemporary Puerto Rico. These studies draw on a variety of data, from excavated artifacts to landscape and architecture to archival materials. In their analyses, contributors explore multiple aspects of identity such as class, gender, race, and ethnicity, showing how these factors intersect for many of the individuals and groups studied. The questions of identity formation explored in this volume are critical to understanding the world today as humans continue to grapple with the legacies of colonialism and the realities of globalized and divided societies.

Author : Stephen W. Silliman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119240506
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Engaging Archaeology written by Stephen W. Silliman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-02-21 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together 25 case studies from archaeological projects worldwide, Engaging Archaeology candidly explores personal experiences, successes, challenges, and even frustrations from established and senior archaeologists who share invaluable practical advice for students and early-career professionals engaged in planning and carrying out their own archaeological research. With engaging chapters, such as ‘How Not to Write a PhD Thesis on Neolithic Italy’ and ‘Accidentally Digging Central America's Earliest Village’, readers are transported to the desks, digs, and data-labs of the authors, learning the skills, tricks of the trade, and potential pit-falls of archaeological fieldwork and collections research. Case studies collectively span many regions, time periods, issues, methods, and materials. From the pre-Columbian Andes to Viking Age Iceland, North America to the Middle East, Medieval Ireland to remote north Australia, and Europe to Africa and India, Engaging Archaeology is packed with rich, first-hand source material. Unique and thoughtful, Stephen W. Silliman’s guide is an essential course book for early-stage researchers, advanced undergraduates, and new graduate students, as well as those teaching and mentoring. It will also be insightful and enjoyable reading for veteran archaeologists.