Reconsidering Archaeological Fieldwork

Author : Hannah Cobb,Oliver J. T. Harris,Cara Jones,Philip Richardson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781461423386

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Reconsidering Archaeological Fieldwork by Hannah Cobb,Oliver J. T. Harris,Cara Jones,Philip Richardson Pdf

Digging, recording, and writing are the three main processes that archaeologists undertake to analyze a site, yet the relationships between these processes is rarely considered critically. Reconsidering Archaeological Fieldwork asserts that each of these processes involves at least a bit of subjective interpretation. As a group of archaeologists work together to reconstruct an objective view of the past, at a particular time, at a particular site, their field methods and subjective interpretations affect the final analysis. This volume explores the important nature of the relationship between fieldwork, analysis, and interpretation. Containing contributions from a diverse group of archaeologists, both academic and professional, from Europe and the Americas, it critically analyzes accepted practices in field archaeology, and provide thoughtful and innovative analysis of these procedures. By combining the experiences of both academic and professional archaeologists, Reconsidering Archaeological Fieldwork highlights key differences and key similarities in their concerns, theories, and techniques. This volume will incite discussion on fundamental questions for all archaeologists, both old and new to the field.

Author : Hannah Cobb,Oliver J. T. Harris,Cara Jones,Philip Richardson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781461423379

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Reconsidering Archaeological Fieldwork by Hannah Cobb,Oliver J. T. Harris,Cara Jones,Philip Richardson Pdf

Digging, recording, and writing are the three main processes that archaeologists undertake to analyze a site, yet the relationships between these processes is rarely considered critically. Reconsidering Archaeological Fieldwork asserts that each of these processes involves at least a bit of subjective interpretation. As a group of archaeologists work together to reconstruct an objective view of the past, at a particular time, at a particular site, their field methods and subjective interpretations affect the final analysis. This volume explores the important nature of the relationship between fieldwork, analysis, and interpretation. Containing contributions from a diverse group of archaeologists, both academic and professional, from Europe and the Americas, it critically analyzes accepted practices in field archaeology, and provide thoughtful and innovative analysis of these procedures. By combining the experiences of both academic and professional archaeologists, Reconsidering Archaeological Fieldwork highlights key differences and key similarities in their concerns, theories, and techniques. This volume will incite discussion on fundamental questions for all archaeologists, both old and new to the field.

Author : Archaeological Institute Of America,Susanna Burns
Publisher : Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1992-12-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0840382367

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1993 Archaeological Fieldwork Opportunities Bulletin by Archaeological Institute Of America,Susanna Burns Pdf

Author : Oliver J. T. Harris,Craig Cipolla
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317497455

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Archaeological Theory in the New Millennium by Oliver J. T. Harris,Craig Cipolla Pdf

Archaeological Theory in the New Millennium provides an account of the changing world of archaeological theory and a challenge to more traditional narratives of archaeological thought. It charts the emergence of the new emphasis on relations as well as engaging with other current theoretical trends and the thinkers archaeologists regularly employ. Bringing together different strands of global archaeological theory and placing them in dialogue, the book explores the similarities and differences between different contemporary trends in theory while also highlighting potential strengths and weaknesses of different approaches. Written in a way to maximise its accessibility, in direct contrast to many of the sources on which it draws, Archaeological Theory in the New Millennium is an essential guide to cutting-edge theory for students and for professionals wishing to reacquaint themselves with this field.

Author : Gavin Lucas
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000649376

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Archaeological Situations by Gavin Lucas Pdf

This book is an introduction to theory in archaeology – but with a difference. Archaeological Situations avoids talking about theory as if it was something you apply but rather as something embedded in archaeological practice from the start. Rather than see theory as something worked from the outside in, this book explores theory from the inside out, which means it focuses on specific archaeological practices rather than specific theories. It starts from the kinds of situations that students find themselves in and learn about in other archaeology courses, avoiding the gap between practice and theory from the very beginning. It shows students the theoretical implications of almost everything they engage in as archaeologists, from fieldwork, recording, writing up and making and assessing an argument to exploring the very nature of archaeology and justifying its relevance. Essentially, it adopts a structure which attempts to pre-empt one of the most common complaints of students taking theory courses: how is this applicable? Aimed primarily at undergraduates, this book is the ideal way to engage students with archaeological theory.

Author : Alice Stevenson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-22
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780198847526

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The Oxford Handbook of Museum Archaeology by Alice Stevenson Pdf

This Handbook provides a transnational reference point for critical engagements with the legacies of, and futures for, global archaeological collections. It challenges the common misconception that museum archaeology is simply a set of procedures for managing and exhibiting assemblages. Instead, this volume advances museum archaeology as an area of reflexive research and practice addressing the critical issues of what gets prioritized by and researched in museums, by whom, how, and why. Through twenty-eight chapters, authors problematize and suggest new ways of thinking about historic, contemporary, and future relationships between archaeological fieldwork and museums, as well as the array of institutional and cultural paradigms through which archaeological enquiries are mediated. Case studies embrace not just archaeological finds, but also archival field notes, photographic media, archaeological samples, and replicas. Throughout, museum activities are put into dialogue with other aspects of archaeological practice, with the aim of situating museum work within a more holistic archaeology that does not privilege excavation or field survey above other aspects of disciplinary engagement. These concerns will be grounded in the realities of museums internationally, including Latin America, Africa, Asia, Oceania, North America, and Europe. In so doing, the common heritage sector refrain 'best practice' is not assumed to solely emanate from developed countries or European philosophies, but instead is considered as emerging from and accommodated within local concerns and diverse museum cultures.

Author : Gavin Lucas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2002-01-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134564316

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Critical Approaches to Fieldwork by Gavin Lucas Pdf

This work takes as its starting point the role of fieldwork and how this has changed over the past 150 years. The author argues against progressive accounts of fieldwork and instead places it in its broader intellectual context to critically examine the relationship between theoretical paradigms and everyday archaeological practice. In providing a much-needed historical and critical evaluation of current practice in archaeology, this book opens up a topic of debate which affects all archaeologists, whatever their particular interests.

Author : Hannah Cobb,Kevin Greene,Tom Moore
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 661 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2024-03-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781003813699

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Archaeology by Hannah Cobb,Kevin Greene,Tom Moore Pdf

This fully updated sixth edition of a classic classroom text is essential reading for core courses in archaeology. Archaeology: An Introduction explains how the subject emerged from an amateur pursuit in the eighteenth century into a serious discipline and explores changing trends in interpretation in recent decades. The authors convey the excitement of archaeology while helping readers to evaluate new discoveries by explaining the methods and theories that lie behind them. In addition to drawing upon examples and case studies from many regions of the world and periods of the past, the book incorporates the authors’ own fieldwork, research and teaching. It continues to include key reference and further reading sections to help new readers find their way through the ever-expanding range of archaeological publications and online sources as well as colour illustrations and boxed topic sections to increase comprehension. Serving as an accessible and lucid textbook, and engaging students with contemporary issues, this book is designed to support students studying Archaeology at an introductory level. New to the sixth edition: Inclusion of the latest survey and imaging techniques, such as the use of drones and eXtended reality. Updated material on developments in dating, DNA analysis, isotopes and population movement, including consideration of the ethical considerations of these techniques. Coverage of new developments in archaeological theory, such as the material turn/ontological turn, and work on issues of equality, diversity and inclusion. A whole new chapter covering archaeology in the present, including new sections on heritage and public archaeology, and an updated consideration of archaeology’s relationship with the climate crisis. A revised glossary with over 200 new additions or updates.

Author : Craig N. Cipolla,Rachel J. Crellin,Oliver J. T. Harris
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781003819783

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Archaeology for Today and Tomorrow by Craig N. Cipolla,Rachel J. Crellin,Oliver J. T. Harris Pdf

Archaeology for Today and Tomorrow explores how cutting-edge archaeological theories have implications not only for how we study the past but also how we think about and prepare for the future. Ranging from how we understand migration or political leadership to how we think about violence or ecological crisis, the book argues that archaeology should embrace a “future-oriented” attitude. Behind the traditional archaeological gaze on the past is a unique and useful collection of skills, tools, and orientations for rethinking the present and future. Further, it asserts that archaeological theory is not only vital for how we conduct our work as archaeologists and how we create narratives about the past but also for how we think about the broader world in the present and, crucially, how we envision and shape the future. Each of the chapters in the book links theoretical approaches and global archaeological case studies to a specific contemporary issue. It examines such issues as human movement, violence, human and non-human relations, the Anthropocene, and fake news to showcase the critical contributions that archaeology, and archaeological theory, can make to shaping the world of tomorrow. An ideal book for courses on archaeology in the modern world and public archaeology, it will also appeal to archaeology students and researchers in general and all those in related disciplines interested in areas of critical contemporary concern.

Author : Kyra Kaercher,Monique Arntz,Nancy Bomentre,Xosé L. Hermoso-Buxán,Kevin Kay,Sabrina Ki,Ruairidh Macleod,Helena Muñoz-Mojado,Lucy Timbrell,Izzy Wisher
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789697957

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New Frontiers in Archaeology: Proceedings of the Cambridge Annual Student Archaeology Conference 2019 by Kyra Kaercher,Monique Arntz,Nancy Bomentre,Xosé L. Hermoso-Buxán,Kevin Kay,Sabrina Ki,Ruairidh Macleod,Helena Muñoz-Mojado,Lucy Timbrell,Izzy Wisher Pdf

The theme for the Cambridge Annual Student Archaeology Conference (CASA) 2019 was New Frontiers in Archaeology and this volume presents papers from a wide range of topics such as new geographical areas of research, using museum collections and legacy data, new ways to teach archaeology and new scientific or theoretic paradigms.

Author : Hannah Cobb,Karina Croucher
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780198784258

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Assembling Archaeology by Hannah Cobb,Karina Croucher Pdf

Assembling Archaeology provides a radical rethinking of the relationships between teaching, researching, digging, and practicing as an archaeologist in the 21st century. The issues addressed here are global and applicable wherever archaeology is taught, practiced, and researched. At its heart this book addresses the undervaluation of teaching, demonstrating that this affects the fundamentals of contemporary archaeological practice and is particularly connected to the lack of diversity in disciplinary demographics. It proposes a solution which is grounded in a theoretical rethinking of archaeological teaching, training, and practice by advocating a holistic 'assemblage' approach which challenges traditional power structures and the global marketization of the higher education system. Drawing on insights from archaeology's current material turn, this book approaches the discipline as a subject of investigation and offers a new perspective founded upon the notion of the learning assemblage, which resituates teaching and learning as a central focus and contributes to broader discourses on critical pedagogy and rhizomatic learning. It ultimately argues for a robust archaeological pedagogy that is rooted in and emergent from the material realities of the profession, and will be valuable to everyone from academia to Cultural Resource Management (CRM), heritage professional to undergraduate student.

Author : David A. Barrowclough,Caroline Malone
Publisher : Oxbow Books Limited
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 1842179640

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Cult in Context by David A. Barrowclough,Caroline Malone Pdf

Gods, deities, symbolism, deposition, cosmology and intentionality are all features of the study of early ritual and cult. Archaeology has great difficulties in providing satisfactory interpretation or recognition of these elusive but important parts of ancient society, and methodologies are often poorly equipped to explore the evidence. This collection of papers explores a wide range of prehistoric and early historic archaeological contexts from Britain, Europe and beyond, where monuments, architectural structures, megaliths, art, caves, ritual activity and symbolic remains offer exciting glimpses into ancient belief systems and cult behaviour. Different theoretical and practical approaches are demonstrated, offering both new directions and considered conclusions to the many problems of studying the archaeology of cult and ritual. Central to the volume is an exploration of early Malta and its intriguing Temple Culture, set in a broad perspective by the discussion and theoretical approaches presented in different geographical and chronological contexts.

Author : Matthew Johnson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781118475027

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Archaeological Theory by Matthew Johnson Pdf

A lively and accessible introduction to themes and debates in archaeological theory for students of all levels Archaeological Theory is a relatable, accessible, reader-friendly first step into the world of theory for archaeology students. Recognizing that many students shy away from the study of theory for fear that the material is too difficult or obscure, Archaeological Theory maintains that any student can develop an understanding of theory and that a knowledge of theory will lead to better practice. As one of the leading texts for introductory courses in archaeology and archaeological theory, it has provided many students with the essential foundation for a complete education in the discipline. With a focus on clarifying the history and development of archaeological theory, this valuable text serves as a roadmap to the different schools of theory in archaeology, clarifying the foundations of these schools of thought, the relationships between them, and the ideas that distinguish each from the other. Students will also learn about the relationship between archaeology and cultural and political developments, the origins of New and ‘post-processual’ archaeology, and current issues shaping the field. Written in a clear and informal style and incorporating examples, cartoons, and dialogues, this text provides an ideal introduction for students at all levels. The revised third edition has been updated with new and revised chapters and an expanded glossary and bibliography, as well as new readings to guide further study. Engages readers with informal and easy-to-understand prose, as well as examples, cartoons, and informal dialogues Prepares students to understand complex topics and current and perennial issues in the field such as epistemology, agency, and materiality in the context of archaeological practice Discusses current developments in associated disciplines New and revised chapters on the material turn, politics and other issues, and an expanded glossary and bibliography with updated reading suggestions Offers expanded coverage of materiality, cultural-historical archaeology, evolutionary theory, and the work of scholars of diverse backgrounds and specializations Engaging and illuminating, Archaeological Theory is an indispensable resource for undergraduate and graduate students in archaeology and related disciplines.

Author : Giorgio Buccellati
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781107046535

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A Critique of Archaeological Reason by Giorgio Buccellati Pdf

This book defines the concept of 'archaeological reason', and provides a new approach to archaeological excavations, philosophical hermeneutics, and digital theory.

Author : Hana Morel,Michael Dawson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-17
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781000399240

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Engaging with Heritage and Historic Environment Policy by Hana Morel,Michael Dawson Pdf

A comprehensive review of policy and practice in the historic environment, this book exposes the tensions, challenges and difficulties faced by the heritage sector at a time of political volatility. This collection comes at a key moment for planning policy in the historic environment of England. The papers reflect a wide range of views and experience in the practical environment of policy and implementation. Contributors give perspectives on both policy and practice from legal counsel to local authorities, from the country’s largest NGO to the museums sector. Some conclusions are controversial, providing an important insight into the operation of national and local government. The thrust of the volume is the need to close the gap between research and policy production. Written when the UK government’s White Paper, Planning for the Future (August 2020), was in preparation, the chapters explore the implementation of policy, its unexpected and unanticipated outcomes and the enduring legacies of guidance and established practice. It highlights tensions within the sector and the need for collaboration and partnership. This book is the most recent and comprehensive review of how the heritage sector has evolved and draws special attention to the importance of the historic environment, not just in planning policy but for the country as a whole. The chapters in this book were originally published in The Historic Environment: Policy & Practice.