Archaeological theory

This book presents a conversation between two prominent archaeologists who have been exploring the concept of time in their discipline for several decades.

Originally published in 1946, this book presents in what can arguably be described as an unusual way, a slice of Scottish social life by applying to prehistory the principles of Marxism as practised by Soviet scholars of Russian prehistory.

Everyday Political Objects examines a series of historical case studies across a very broad timescale, using objects as a means to develop different approaches to understanding politics where both internal and external definitions of the political prove inadequate.

Everyday Political Objects examines a series of historical case studies across a very broad timescale, using objects as a means to develop different approaches to understanding politics where both internal and external definitions of the political prove inadequate.

Assembling Past Worlds draws on new materialism and the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze to explore the potential for a posthumanist archaeology.

Assembling Past Worlds draws on new materialism and the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze to explore the potential for a posthumanist archaeology.

Making Time grapples with a range of issues that have crystallized in the wake of 15 years of discussion on time in archaeology, since the author's seminal volume The Archaeology of Time, synthesizing them for a new generation of scholars.

Making Time grapples with a range of issues that have crystallized in the wake of 15 years of discussion on time in archaeology, since the author's seminal volume The Archaeology of Time, synthesizing them for a new generation of scholars.

Archaeology and its Discontents examines the state of archaeology today and its development throughout the twentieth century, making a powerful case for new approaches.

Archaeology and its Discontents examines the state of archaeology today and its development throughout the twentieth century, making a powerful case for new approaches.

Social Complexity and Complex Systems in Archaeology turns to complex systems thinking in search of a suitable framework to explore social complexity in Archaeology.

Social Complexity and Complex Systems in Archaeology turns to complex systems thinking in search of a suitable framework to explore social complexity in Archaeology.

Ontologies of Rock Art is the first publication to explore a wide range of ontological approaches to rock art interpretation, constituting the basis for groundbreaking studies on Indigenous knowledges, relational metaphysics, and rock imageries.

Ontologies of Rock Art is the first publication to explore a wide range of ontological approaches to rock art interpretation, constituting the basis for groundbreaking studies on Indigenous knowledges, relational metaphysics, and rock imageries.

This book examines current archaeological approaches for studying the organizational structure of prehistoric societies in the American Southwest.

Conditioned by local ways of knowing and doing, Great Zimbabwe develops a new interpretation of the famous World Heritage site of Great Zimbabwe.

Conditioned by local ways of knowing and doing, Great Zimbabwe develops a new interpretation of the famous World Heritage site of Great Zimbabwe.

This book examines current archaeological approaches for studying the organizational structure of prehistoric societies in the American Southwest.

Does a photograph freeze a moment of time?

Does a photograph freeze a moment of time?

This book provides a basic introduction to key debates in the study of hunter-gatherers, specifically from an anthropological perspective, but designed for an archaeological audience.

This book provides a basic introduction to key debates in the study of hunter-gatherers, specifically from an anthropological perspective, but designed for an archaeological audience.

With Wayne Bennett From the silky wax qualities of the surfaces of some quartz menhirs to the wood-grain textures of others, to the golden honeycombed limestones of Malta, to the icy frozen waves of the Cambrian sandstone of south-east Sweden, this book investigates the sensuous material qualities of stone.

How did our current society come into being and how is it similar to as well as different from its predecessors?

This fascinating volume integrates recent developments in anthropological and sociological theory with a series of detailed studies of prehistoric material culture.

Though archaeologists have long acknowledged the work of social anthropologists, anthropologists have been much less eager to repay the compliment.

With Wayne Bennett From the silky wax qualities of the surfaces of some quartz menhirs to the wood-grain textures of others, to the golden honeycombed limestones of Malta, to the icy frozen waves of the Cambrian sandstone of south-east Sweden, this book investigates the sensuous material qualities of stone.

How did our current society come into being and how is it similar to as well as different from its predecessors?

This fascinating volume integrates recent developments in anthropological and sociological theory with a series of detailed studies of prehistoric material culture.

Though archaeologists have long acknowledged the work of social anthropologists, anthropologists have been much less eager to repay the compliment.

Patterns of ritual power, presence, and space are fundamentally connected to, and mirror, the societal and political power structures in which they are enacted.

This book is the outcome of the first joint conference of the two country's foremost societies devoted to the archaeological study of the early-modern and modern worlds.

This book is the outcome of the first joint conference of the two country's foremost societies devoted to the archaeological study of the early-modern and modern worlds.

Many students view archaeological theory as a subject distinct from field research.

Many students view archaeological theory as a subject distinct from field research.

When the Buddha established his community over twenty-five centuries ago, he did so upon a foundation of radical equality among women and men.

Southern Anthropological Society James Mooney Award - Honorable MentionDrawing on new methods and theories, Edward Gonzalez-Tennant uncovers important elements of the forgotten history of Rosewood.

Pedagogy and Practice in Heritage Studies presents teaching strategies for helping students think critically about the meanings of the past today.

Bioarchaeological studies of children have, until recently, centered on population data-driven topics like mortality rates and growth and morbidity patterns.

Scholars who investigate racea label based upon real or perceived physical differencesrealize that they face a formidable task.

Working as Indigenous Archaeologists explores the often-contentious relationship between Indigenous and other formerly colonized peoples and Archaeology through their own voices.

Bruce Trigger has merged the history of archaeology with new perspectives on how to understand the past.

Recycling is a basic anthropological process of humankind.

In much recent thinking, social and cultural realms are thought of as existing prior to-or detached from-things, materiality, and landscape.

In his quest for the historical Muhammad, Zeitlin's chief aim is to catch glimpses of the birth of Islam and the role played by its extraordinary founder.

What is Hadrian’s Wall made of, where did this material come from and how has it been reused in other buildings in the communities that emerged in the centuries after the Roman Empire?

This volume provides the first critical examination of the relationship between archaeology and language, analysing the rhetorical practices through which archaeologists create representations of the past.

"e;Timothy Earle has set out to offer the most comprehensive view now available of the economic foundations of early societies, and it may well be that he has succeeded.

This book explores how and why prehistoric Southwestern societies changed in complexity, and offers important new perspectives on evolution of culture.

This book explores how and why prehistoric Southwestern societies changed in complexity, and offers important new perspectives on evolution of culture.