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Review of "Plains Village Archaeology"

2009

This book, published as a tribute to W. Raymond Wood, is a valuable resource for any one with a serious interest in the archaeology of Plains Village societies. Many readers of Plains Anthropologist probably have the book already and know how useful it is and how fittingly it honors Ray Wood. For those who are not yet aware of the book or are unsure of its significance, this review summarizes some of its key contributions to Plains archaeology.

An Unauthorized Companion to American Archaeological Theory EPUB

2019

Archaeological theory is not like Excalibur. Archaeologists don’t pull theory from a stone and wield it to subjugate the archaeological record. Archaeological theory exists as part of archaeological practice, from highly intellectual attempts to understand the trajectories of social change to the shame we felt tripping over the line levels at our first excavation. In An Unauthorized Companion to American Archaeological Theory Lars Fogelin argues that archaeological theories are just tools that every archaeologist must use at various times. The trick is to use those tools well, and to laugh about the ways we so often use them badly. This book is available, in its entirety, as both an EPUB and PDF. This is the EPUB Version

Society for American Archaeology

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An Unauthorized Companion to American Archaeological Theory PDF

2019

Archaeological theory is not like Excalibur. Archaeologists don’t pull theory from a stone and wield it to subjugate the archaeological record. Archaeological theory exists as part of archaeological practice, from highly intellectual attempts to understand the trajectories of social change to the shame we felt tripping over the line levels at our first excavation. In An Unauthorized Companion to American Archaeological Theory Lars Fogelin argues that archaeological theories are just tools that every archaeologist must use at various times. The trick is to use those tools well, and to laugh about the ways we so often use them badly. This book is available, in its entirety, as both an EPUB and PDF. This is the PDF Version.

SAA 2025, Denver - Session 2029 - On Both Sides of the Atlantic: Historical Archaeology of Rural Modernization from the American and European Traditions

This session aims to bring together different archaeological perspectives on the effects, direction andmeaning of the modernization process in rural areas on both sides of the Atlantic (16-20 centuries). This collaboration is a direct consequence of the historical nature of this process, inserted in global capitalistdynamics of "back and forth" throughout the Atlantic Ocean, which have shaped the contemporary ruralareas on both sides. To this end, we propose a journey through a relevant selection of case studies ofdifferent scales and chronological ranges that contribute to the exchange of ideas and experiences on thearchaeology of these spaces. The so-called modernization has diverse translations in rural areas, which very often have been elusivefrom the historical and archaeological narratives defi ning Modern and Contemporary History. Archaeologycan help qualify this variability and rescue aspects largely ignored by the great historical narratives whileexamining the effects on current local communities. Rural areas are also particularly productive spaces forrecovering the material memory of social and economic transformations of cultural landscapes. From theintense processes of abandonment, to alternative uses of natural resources or social and politicalexperimentation, the rural areas preserves the traces of changes and its possible responses.