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The town of Concord, Massachusetts played a critical role in the American Revolutionary War and w... more The town of Concord, Massachusetts played a critical role in the American Revolutionary War and will forever be linked to this momentous military conflict. While this connection is understandable, Concord has a rich history of indigenous, European, and American life dating back thousands of years. The McGrath Farm site is an excellent example of this complicated and storied past. Once a portion of a farm owned by prominent Revolutionary War figure Col. James Barrett, the McGrath Farm reflects many components of Concord's complex history in its role as a site of indigenous settlement, railroad development, Irish immigrant agriculture, and World War II German P.O.W. labor. Archaeology at the McGrath Farm offers the opportunity to build on the existing Barrett family narrative while contributing new stories to Concord's diverse, multi-temporal cultural heritage.
In Archaeologies of Mobility and Movement, edited by Mary C. Beaudry and Travis G. Parno, 1–14. Springer, New York., Feb 2013
…imagine a world of incessant movement and becoming, one that is never complete but continually u... more …imagine a world of incessant movement and becoming, one that is never complete but continually under construction, woven from the countless lifelines of its manifold human and non-human constituents as they thread their ways through the tangle of relationships in which they are comprehensively enmeshed. Ingold, 2011 : 141 This collection of essays draws inspiration from current archaeological interest in the movement of individuals, things, and ideas in the recent past. Movement is fundamentally concerned with the relationship(s) among time, object, person, and space. Contemporary scholarship has highlighted the enmeshed nature of people and things (Olsen, 2010 ), with a particular focus on temporality as an expression of overlapping durational fl ows . In our globalized world, archaeologists of the recent past are faced with a proliferation of movement episodes that shaped and are shaping the archaeological record (cf. .
Book Chapters by Travis Parno
Historical Archaeologies of Cognition, pp.15–27, edited by James Symonds, Jeff Oliver, and Anna Babcock, 2013
…imagine a world of incessant movement and becoming, one that is never complete but continually u... more …imagine a world of incessant movement and becoming, one that is never complete but continually under construction, woven from the countless lifelines of its manifold human and non-human constituents as they thread their ways through the tangle of relationships in which they are comprehensively enmeshed. Ingold, 2011 : 141 This collection of essays draws inspiration from current archaeological interest in the movement of individuals, things, and ideas in the recent past. Movement is fundamentally concerned with the relationship(s) among time, object, person, and space. Contemporary scholarship has highlighted the enmeshed nature of people and things (Olsen, 2010 ), with a particular focus on temporality as an expression of overlapping durational fl ows . In our globalized world, archaeologists of the recent past are faced with a proliferation of movement episodes that shaped and are shaping the archaeological record (cf. .
Journal Articles by Travis Parno
RESUMEN En este artículo se delinea la historia de los enfoques arqueológicos sobre el movimiento... more RESUMEN
En este artículo se delinea la historia de los enfoques arqueológicos sobre el movimiento y la movilidad y se discute la reciente aparición de un “nuevo paradigma de movilidades” en muchas disciplinas, incluyendo la arqueología, en el que los temas más frecuentemente explorados se centran en torno a redes, flujos, tierra natal, globalización, migración, colonialismo y colonización, arqueología multi-local, transiciones y transformaciones, y affordances de lugar y espacio. Los autores respaldan un enfoque basado en la trayectoria del movimiento que se centra en las relaciones fluidas entre personas, objetos, tiempo y espacio y proporcionan una visión general de la literatura reciente sobre estudios de casos en arqueologías de la movilidad.
RESUMO
O artigo traça a historia dos enfoques arqueológicos sobre o movimento e a mobilidade e discute o surgimento recente de um “novo paradigma da mobilidade” em muitas disciplinas, incluindo a arqueologia, cujos temas mais frequentemente explorados estão centrados ao redor de redes, fluxos, terra natal, globalização, migração, colonialismo e colonização, arqueologia multivocal, transições e transformações e affordances de lugar e espaço. Os autores defendem um enfoque baseado na trajetória do movimento que foca nas relações fluidas entre pessoas, objetos, tempo, espaço e oferece uma visão geral da literatura recente sobre estudos de caso em arqueologias da mobilidade.
ABSTRACT
This article traces the history of archaeological approaches to movement and mobility and discusses the recent emergence of a “new mobilities paradigm” across many disciplines, including archaeology, in which the themes most often explored center around networks, flows, homelands, globalization, migration, colonialism and colonization, multi-sited archaeology, transitions and transformations, and affordances of place and space. The authors endorse a trajectory-based approach to movement that focuses on fluid relationships among people, objects, time, and space and provide an overview of recent literature about and case studies in archaeologies of mobility.
Books by Travis Parno
This collection of essays in Archaeologies of Mobility and Movement draws inspiration from curren... more This collection of essays in Archaeologies of Mobility and Movement draws inspiration from current archaeological interest in the movement of individuals, things, and ideas in the recent past. Movement is fundamentally concerned with the relationship(s) among time, object, person, and space. The volume argues that understanding movement in the past requires a shift away from traditional, fieldwork-based archaeological ontologies towards fluid, trajectory-based studies. Archaeology, by its very nature, locates objects frozen in space (literally in their three-dimensional matrices) at sites that are often stripped of people. An archaeology of movement must break away from this stasis and cut new pathways that trace the boundary-crossing contextuality inherent in object/person mobility.
Essays in this volume build on these new approaches, confronting issues of movement from a variety of perspectives. They are divided into four sections, based on how the act of moving is framed. The groups into which these chapters are placed are not meant to be unyielding or definitive. The first section, "Objects in Motion," includes case studies that follow the paths of material culture and its interactions with groups of people. The second section of this volume, "People in Motion," features chapters that explore the shifting material traces of human mobility. Chapters in the third section of this book, "Movement through Spaces," illustrate the effects that particular spaces have on the people and objects who pass through them. Finally, there is an afterward that cohesively addresses the issue of studying movement in the recent past. At the heart of Archaeologies of Mobility and Movement is a concern with the hybridity of people and things, affordances of objects and spaces, contemporary heritage issues, and the effects of movement on archaeological subjects in the recent and contemporary past.
The town of Concord, Massachusetts played a critical role in the American Revolutionary War and w... more The town of Concord, Massachusetts played a critical role in the American Revolutionary War and will forever be linked to this momentous military conflict. While this connection is understandable, Concord has a rich history of indigenous, European, and American life dating back thousands of years. The McGrath Farm site is an excellent example of this complicated and storied past. Once a portion of a farm owned by prominent Revolutionary War figure Col. James Barrett, the McGrath Farm reflects many components of Concord's complex history in its role as a site of indigenous settlement, railroad development, Irish immigrant agriculture, and World War II German P.O.W. labor. Archaeology at the McGrath Farm offers the opportunity to build on the existing Barrett family narrative while contributing new stories to Concord's diverse, multi-temporal cultural heritage.
In Archaeologies of Mobility and Movement, edited by Mary C. Beaudry and Travis G. Parno, 1–14. Springer, New York., Feb 2013
…imagine a world of incessant movement and becoming, one that is never complete but continually u... more …imagine a world of incessant movement and becoming, one that is never complete but continually under construction, woven from the countless lifelines of its manifold human and non-human constituents as they thread their ways through the tangle of relationships in which they are comprehensively enmeshed. Ingold, 2011 : 141 This collection of essays draws inspiration from current archaeological interest in the movement of individuals, things, and ideas in the recent past. Movement is fundamentally concerned with the relationship(s) among time, object, person, and space. Contemporary scholarship has highlighted the enmeshed nature of people and things (Olsen, 2010 ), with a particular focus on temporality as an expression of overlapping durational fl ows . In our globalized world, archaeologists of the recent past are faced with a proliferation of movement episodes that shaped and are shaping the archaeological record (cf. .
Historical Archaeologies of Cognition, pp.15–27, edited by James Symonds, Jeff Oliver, and Anna Babcock, 2013
…imagine a world of incessant movement and becoming, one that is never complete but continually u... more …imagine a world of incessant movement and becoming, one that is never complete but continually under construction, woven from the countless lifelines of its manifold human and non-human constituents as they thread their ways through the tangle of relationships in which they are comprehensively enmeshed. Ingold, 2011 : 141 This collection of essays draws inspiration from current archaeological interest in the movement of individuals, things, and ideas in the recent past. Movement is fundamentally concerned with the relationship(s) among time, object, person, and space. Contemporary scholarship has highlighted the enmeshed nature of people and things (Olsen, 2010 ), with a particular focus on temporality as an expression of overlapping durational fl ows . In our globalized world, archaeologists of the recent past are faced with a proliferation of movement episodes that shaped and are shaping the archaeological record (cf. .
RESUMEN En este artículo se delinea la historia de los enfoques arqueológicos sobre el movimiento... more RESUMEN
En este artículo se delinea la historia de los enfoques arqueológicos sobre el movimiento y la movilidad y se discute la reciente aparición de un “nuevo paradigma de movilidades” en muchas disciplinas, incluyendo la arqueología, en el que los temas más frecuentemente explorados se centran en torno a redes, flujos, tierra natal, globalización, migración, colonialismo y colonización, arqueología multi-local, transiciones y transformaciones, y affordances de lugar y espacio. Los autores respaldan un enfoque basado en la trayectoria del movimiento que se centra en las relaciones fluidas entre personas, objetos, tiempo y espacio y proporcionan una visión general de la literatura reciente sobre estudios de casos en arqueologías de la movilidad.
RESUMO
O artigo traça a historia dos enfoques arqueológicos sobre o movimento e a mobilidade e discute o surgimento recente de um “novo paradigma da mobilidade” em muitas disciplinas, incluindo a arqueologia, cujos temas mais frequentemente explorados estão centrados ao redor de redes, fluxos, terra natal, globalização, migração, colonialismo e colonização, arqueologia multivocal, transições e transformações e affordances de lugar e espaço. Os autores defendem um enfoque baseado na trajetória do movimento que foca nas relações fluidas entre pessoas, objetos, tempo, espaço e oferece uma visão geral da literatura recente sobre estudos de caso em arqueologias da mobilidade.
ABSTRACT
This article traces the history of archaeological approaches to movement and mobility and discusses the recent emergence of a “new mobilities paradigm” across many disciplines, including archaeology, in which the themes most often explored center around networks, flows, homelands, globalization, migration, colonialism and colonization, multi-sited archaeology, transitions and transformations, and affordances of place and space. The authors endorse a trajectory-based approach to movement that focuses on fluid relationships among people, objects, time, and space and provide an overview of recent literature about and case studies in archaeologies of mobility.
This collection of essays in Archaeologies of Mobility and Movement draws inspiration from curren... more This collection of essays in Archaeologies of Mobility and Movement draws inspiration from current archaeological interest in the movement of individuals, things, and ideas in the recent past. Movement is fundamentally concerned with the relationship(s) among time, object, person, and space. The volume argues that understanding movement in the past requires a shift away from traditional, fieldwork-based archaeological ontologies towards fluid, trajectory-based studies. Archaeology, by its very nature, locates objects frozen in space (literally in their three-dimensional matrices) at sites that are often stripped of people. An archaeology of movement must break away from this stasis and cut new pathways that trace the boundary-crossing contextuality inherent in object/person mobility.
Essays in this volume build on these new approaches, confronting issues of movement from a variety of perspectives. They are divided into four sections, based on how the act of moving is framed. The groups into which these chapters are placed are not meant to be unyielding or definitive. The first section, "Objects in Motion," includes case studies that follow the paths of material culture and its interactions with groups of people. The second section of this volume, "People in Motion," features chapters that explore the shifting material traces of human mobility. Chapters in the third section of this book, "Movement through Spaces," illustrate the effects that particular spaces have on the people and objects who pass through them. Finally, there is an afterward that cohesively addresses the issue of studying movement in the recent past. At the heart of Archaeologies of Mobility and Movement is a concern with the hybridity of people and things, affordances of objects and spaces, contemporary heritage issues, and the effects of movement on archaeological subjects in the recent and contemporary past.