Archaeology Of Identity And Dissonance

Author : Diane F. George,Bernice Kurchin
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813057026

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Archaeology of Identity and Dissonance by Diane F. George,Bernice Kurchin Pdf

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 : Margarita Diaz-Andreu,Sam Lucy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2007-05-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134738120

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Archaeology of Identity by Margarita Diaz-Andreu,Sam Lucy Pdf

Bringing together a wealth of scholarship which provides a unique integrated approach to identity, The Archaeology of Identity presents an overview of the five key areas which have recently emerged in archaeological social theory: * gender * age * ethnicity * religion * status. This excellent book reviews the research history of each areas, the different ways in which each has been investigated, and offers new avenues for research and exploring the connections between them. Emphasis is placed on exploring the ways in which material culture structures, and is structured by, these aspects of individual and communal identity, with a particular examination of social practice. Useful for social scientists in sociology, anthropology and history, under- and postgraduates will find this an excellent addition to their course studies.

Author : Kelly M. Britt, PhD,,Diane F. George
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781800739659

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Advocacy and Archaeology by Kelly M. Britt, PhD,,Diane F. George Pdf

Archaeologists have a history of being prime agents of change, particularly in advocating for protection and preservation of historical resources. As more social issues intersect with archaeology and historical sites, we see archaeologists and others continuing to advocate for not only historic resources, but for the larger social justice issues that threaten the communities in which these resources reside. Inspired by the idea of revolution and excitement about the ways archaeology is being used in social justice arenas, this volume seeks to visualize archaeology as part of a movement by redefining what archaeology is and does for the greater good.

Author : Felix Riede,Payson Sheets
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789208658

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Going Forward by Looking Back by Felix Riede,Payson Sheets Pdf

Catastrophes are on the rise due to climate change, as is their toll in terms of lives and livelihoods as world populations rise and people settle into hazardous places. While disaster response and management are traditionally seen as the domain of the natural and technical sciences, awareness of the importance and role of cultural adaptation is essential. This book catalogues a wide and diverse range of case studies of such disasters and human responses. This serves as inspiration for building culturally sensitive adaptations to present and future calamities, to mitigate their impact, and facilitate recoveries.

Author : Nan A. Rothschild,Amanda Sutphin,H. Arthur Bankoff,Jessica Striebel MacLean
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780231551090

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Buried Beneath the City by Nan A. Rothschild,Amanda Sutphin,H. Arthur Bankoff,Jessica Striebel MacLean Pdf

Winner, 2023 SAA Book Award - Popular, Society for American Archaeology Honorable Mention, 2024 Felicia A. Holton Book Award, Archaeological Institute of America Bits and pieces of the lives led long before the age of skyscrapers are scattered throughout New York City, found in backyards, construction sites, street beds, and parks. Indigenous tools used thousands of years ago; wine jugs from a seventeenth-century tavern; a teapot from Seneca Village, the nineteenth-century Black settlement displaced by Central Park; raspberry seeds sown in backyard Brooklyn gardens—these everyday objects are windows into the city’s forgotten history. Buried Beneath the City uses urban archaeology to retell the history of New York, from the deeper layers of the past to the topsoil of recent events. The book explores the ever-evolving city and the day-to-day world of its residents through artifacts, from the first traces of Indigenous societies more than ten thousand years ago to the detritus of Dutch and English colonization and through to the burgeoning city’s transformation into the modern metropolis. It demonstrates how the archaeological record often goes beyond written history by preserving mundane things—details of everyday life that are beneath the notice of the documentary record. These artifacts reveal the density, diversity, and creativity of a city perpetually tearing up its foundations to rebuild itself. Lavishly illustrated with images of objects excavated in the city, Buried Beneath the City is at once an archaeological history of New York City and an introduction to urban archaeology.

Author : Erich S. Gruen
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9780892369690

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Cultural Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean by Erich S. Gruen Pdf

Cultural identity in the classical world is explored from a variety of angles.

Author : Usman Ali
Publisher : LIT Verlag
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783643964120

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Archaeology and Heritage Management by Usman Ali Pdf

This volume reconsiders the World Heritage Guidelines to manage cultural and natural heritage sites effectively. The study approaches this in two ways: The first is by evaluating and analyzing the fundamental theories and practice of heritage with comparison to World Heritage prescribed parameters for effective management, particularly authenticity, and the second is about to rereview the international legislation in the context of authenticity of heritage practice as a part of understanding and developing new parameters for conservation, preservation, and management. Usman Ali is an associated reseracher at University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Author : University of Calgary. Archaeological Association. Conference
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Group identity
ISBN : 0889533547

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Identity Crisis by University of Calgary. Archaeological Association. Conference Pdf

Author : Laurajane Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2006-11-22
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781134368037

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Uses of Heritage by Laurajane Smith Pdf

Examining international case studies including USA, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, this book identifies and explores the use of heritage throughout the world. Challenging the idea that heritage value is self-evident, and that things must be preserved, it demonstrates how it gives tangibility to the values that underpin different communities.

Author : Matthew Liebmann
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2008-08-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780759112353

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Archaeology and the Postcolonial Critique by Matthew Liebmann Pdf

In recent years, postcolonial theories have emerged as one of the significant paradigms of contemporary academia, affecting disciplines throughout the humanities and social sciences. These theories address the complex processes if colonialism on culture and society—with repect to both the colonizers and the colonized—to help us understand the colonial experience in its entirety. The contributors to Archaeology and the Postcolonial Critique present critical syntheses of archaeological and postcolonial studies by examining both Old and New World case studies, and they ask what the ultimate effect of postcolonial theorizing will be on the practice of archaeology in the twenty-first century.

Author : Charles E. Orser Jnr
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781134608621

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Encyclopedia of Historical Archaeology by Charles E. Orser Jnr Pdf

A-Z organised Entries are written by an international team of 127 experts in the field Includes 29 b+w illustrations including 23 half-tones Contains cross references, suggestions for further reading and a comprehensive index

Author : Alfredo González-Ruibal,Gabriel Moshenska
Publisher : Springer
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781493916436

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Ethics and the Archaeology of Violence by Alfredo González-Ruibal,Gabriel Moshenska Pdf

This volume examines the distinctive and highly problematic ethical questions surrounding conflict archaeology. By bringing together sophisticated analyses and pertinent case studies from around the world it aims to address the problems facing archaeologists working in areas of violent conflict, past and present. Of all the contentious issues within archaeology and heritage, the study of conflict and work within conflict zones are undoubtedly the most highly charged and hotly debated, both within and outside the discipline. Ranging across the conflict zones of the world past and present, this book attempts to raise the level of these often fractious debates by locating them within ethical frameworks. The issues and debates in this book range across a range of ethical models, including deontological, teleological and virtue ethics. The chapters address real-world ethical conundrums that confront archaeologists in a diversity of countries, including Israel/Palestine, Iran, Uruguay, Argentina, Rwanda, Germany and Spain. They all have in common recent, traumatic experiences of war and dictatorship. The chapters provide carefully argued, thought-provoking analyses and examples that will be of real practical use to archaeologists in formulating and addressing ethical dilemmas in a confident and constructive manner.

Author : Nick Merriman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134513413

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Public Archaeology by Nick Merriman Pdf

Scrutinizing, in detail, the relationship between archaeology, heritage and the public, this much-needed volume explores public interest and participation in archaeology as a subject worthy of academic attention in its own right. Examining case studies from throughout the world; from North America, Britain, Egypt and Brazil to East Africa, China and beyond, Nick Merriman focuses on two key areas: communication and interpretation, and stakeholders. Constant reports of new discoveries, protests over the destruction of sites and debates over the return of artefacts such as the Elgin marbles or indigenous remains testify to an increasing public interest in archaeology. For students and scholars of this archaeology, and of its relationship with the public, this will prove essential reading.

Author : Bertrand Moingeon,Guillaume B. Soenen
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0415282047

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Corporate and Organizational Identities by Bertrand Moingeon,Guillaume B. Soenen Pdf

Using a five-facet framework, this book furthers understanding about collective identities by bringing together contributions from various management disciplines.

Author : Christine A. Hastorf
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : COOKING
ISBN : 9781107153363

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The Social Archaeology of Food by Christine A. Hastorf Pdf

Introduction : The Social Life of Food -- Part I. Laying the Groundwork -- Framing Food Investigation -- The Practices of a Meal in Society -- Part II. Current Food Studies in Archaeology -- The Archaeological Study of Food Activities -- Food Economics -- Food Politics : Power and Status -- Part III. Food and Identity : The Potentials of Food Archaeology -- Food in the Construction of Group Identity -- The Creation of Personal Identity : Food, Body and Personhood -- Food Creates Society