Rethinking Comparison In Archaeology

Author : Joana Alves-Ferreira,Ana Vale
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781443878975

Get Book

Rethinking Comparison in Archaeology by Joana Alves-Ferreira,Ana Vale Pdf

Although comparative exercises are used or applied both explicitly and implicitly in a large number of archaeological publications, they are often uncritically taken for granted. As such, the authors of this book reflect on comparison as a core theme in archaeology from different perspectives, and different theoretical and practical backgrounds. The contributors come from different universities and research contexts, and approach themes and objects from Prehistory to the Early Middle Ages, presenting case studies from Western Europe, the Near East and Latin America. The chapters here also relate archaeology with other disciplines, like art studies, photography, cinema, computer sciences and anthropology, and will be of interest to a wide range of readers, not only archaeologists and those interested in the area of social sciences, but for all those interested in how we construct the past today.

Author : Kwang-chih Chang
Publisher : New York : Random House
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Archaeology
ISBN : UOM:39015002976291

Get Book

Rethinking Archaeology by Kwang-chih Chang Pdf

Author : Lesley McFadyen,Dan Hicks
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-05
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781000211627

Get Book

Archaeology and Photography by Lesley McFadyen,Dan Hicks Pdf

Does a photograph freeze a moment of time? What does it mean to treat a photographic image as an artefact? In the visual culture of the 21st century, do new digital and social forms change the status of photography as archival or objective – or are they revealing something more fundamental about photography’s longstanding relationships with time and knowledge?Archaeology and Photography imagines a new kind of Visual Archaeology that tackles these questions. The book reassesses the central place of Photography as an archaeological method, and re-wires our cross-disciplinary conceptions of time, objectivity and archives, from the History of Art to the History of Science.Through twelve new wide-ranging and challenging studies from an emerging generation of archaeological thinkers, Archaeology and Photography introduces new approaches to historical photographs in museums and to contemporaryphotographic practice in the field. The book re-frames the relationship between Photography and Archaeology, past and present, as more than a metaphor or an analogy – but a shared vision.Archaeology and Photography calls for a change in how we think about photography and time. It argues that new archaeological accounts of duration and presence can replace older conceptions of the photograph as a snapshot orremnant received in the present. The book challenges us to imagine Photography, like Archaeology, not as a representation of the past and the reception of traces in the present but as an ongoing transformation of objectivity and archive.Archaeology and Photography will prove indispensable to students, researchers and practitioners in History, Photography, Art, Archaeology, Anthropology, Science and Technology Studies and Museum and Heritage Studies.

Author : Craig N. Cipolla,Katherine Howlett Hayes
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813065335

Get Book

Rethinking Colonialism by Craig N. Cipolla,Katherine Howlett Hayes Pdf

Historical archaeology studies once relied upon a binary view of colonialism: colonizers and colonized, the colonial period and the postcolonial period. The contributors to this volume scrutinize imperialism and expansionism through an alternative lens that rejects simple dualities and explores the variously gendered, racialized, and occupied peoples of a multitude of faiths, desires, associations, and constraints. Colonialism is not a phase in the chronology of a people but a continuous phenomenon that spans the Old and New Worlds. Most important, the contributors argue that its impacts—and, in some instances, even the same processes set in place by the likes of Columbus—are ongoing. Inciting a critical examination of the lasting consequences of ancient and modern colonialism on descendant communities, this wide-ranging volume includes essays on Roman Britain, slavery in Brazil, and contemporary Native Americans. In its efforts to define the scope of colonialism and the comparability of its features, this collection challenges the field to go beyond familiar geographical and historical boundaries and draws attention to unfolding colonial futures.

Author : Albert García-Piquer,Assumpció Vila-Mitjà
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781443895507

Get Book

Beyond War by Albert García-Piquer,Assumpció Vila-Mitjà Pdf

The long-standing debate over the origins of violence has resurfaced over the last two decades. There has been a proliferation of studies on violence, from both cross-cultural and ethnographic and prehistoric perspectives, based on a reading of archaeological and bioarchaeological records in a variety of territories and chronologies. The vast body of osteoarchaeological and architectural evidence reflects the presence of interpersonal violence among the first farmer groups throughout Europe, and, even earlier, between hunter-gatherer societies of the Mesolithic. The studies in Beyond War present the necessity of rethinking the concept of “violence” in archaeology. This overcomes the old conception that limits violence to its most evident expressions in war and intra- or extra-group conflict, opening up the debate on violence, which allows the advancement of knowledge of the social life and organization of prehistoric societies. Determining archaeological indicators to identify violent practices and to analyse their origin and causes is fundamental here, and represents the only way to find out when and under what historical conditions prehistoric societies began to organize themselves by exercising structural violence.

Author : Yannis Hamilakis
Publisher : Oxbow Books Limited
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015054431963

Get Book

Labyrinth Revisited by Yannis Hamilakis Pdf

`Minoan' Crete is one of the most intensively investigated archaeological cultures in the world, and one that has often captured the public imagination. It is a Bronze Age Aegean society, but it has been intimately connected with the Classical Greek myth of King Minos and his Labyrinth since Sir Arthur Evans excavated and restored (some would say `rebuilt') the important site of Knossos, more than a century ago. Yet many archaeological interpretations of this fascinating culture are still largely traditional in focus and often anachronistic. This collection of papers, challenging and re-examining many conventional and established versions of 'Minoan' history is thus long overdue. How have modern preconceptions and socio-political developments shaped archaeological interpretations of 'Minoan' society? What were the gender roles and attitudes of the inhabitants of Bronze Age Crete? How can data such as the puzzling architecture, the stunning wall-paintings, the elaborate and abundant pots, the landscape and the way it is perceived by humans, help us understand the nature and the negotiations of power and the role of the so-called palaces? These are some of the questions that this book addresses, considering 'Minoan' archaeology from a variety of interpretive angles, and situating 'Minoan' archaeology in the mainstream of archaeological thinking and practice.

Author : Michael Ernest Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Complex organizations
ISBN : 1139139169

Get Book

The Comparative Archaeology of Complex Societies by Michael Ernest Smith Pdf

"Eleven leading archeologists describe their research on ancient empires, states, and chiefdoms using a comparative perspective. By making comparisons among sites, regions, and artifacts, these scholars produce new understanding of diverse specific cases, from the towering ruins of Angkor to the houses of Inca peasants. The reader learns about the political strategies of kings and chiefs, the daily choices of ordinary households, and the creative ways in which ancient peoples built their cities and shaped their landscapes. In the process, these chapters illustrate how to do comparative analysis using archeological data"--

Author : Barbara O’Neill
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781803275543

Get Book

Art as Ritual Engagement in the Funerary Programme of Watetkhethor at Saqqara, c. 2345 BC by Barbara O’Neill Pdf

Art as Ritual Engagement is examined through a case study of feminised funerary representation in the repertoire of Watetkhethor, an elite woman interred in the mastaba tomb of her spouse, Mereruka, at Saqqara, c.2345-2181 BCE.

Author : Dunia Filippi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351115407

Get Book

Rethinking the Roman City by Dunia Filippi Pdf

The spatial turn has brought forward new analytical imperatives about the importance of space in the relationship between physical and social networks of meaning. This volume explores this in relation to approaches and methodologies in the study of urban space in Roman Italy. As a consequence of these new imperatives, sociological studies on ancient Roman cities are flourishing, demonstrating a new set of approaches that have developed separately from "traditional" historical and topographical analyses. Rethinking the Roman City represents a convergence of these different approaches to propose a new interpretive model, looking at the Roman city and one of its key elements: the forum. After an introductory discussion of methodological issues, internationally-know specialists consider three key sites of the Roman world – Rome, Ostia and Pompeii. Chapters focus on physical space and/or the use of those spaces to inter-relate these different approaches. The focus then moves to the Forum Romanum, considering the possible analytical trajectories available (historical, topographical, literary, comparative and sociological), and the diversity of possible perspectives within each of these, moving towards an innovative understanding of the role of the forum within the Roman city. This volume will be of great value to scholars of ancient cities across the Roman world, well as historians of urban society and development throughout the ancient world.

Author : Hannah Cobb,Oliver J. T. Harris,Cara Jones,Philip Richardson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781461423379

Get Book

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 : Andrew M. Martin
Publisher : AltaMira Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780759123588

Get Book

Archaeology beyond Postmodernity by Andrew M. Martin Pdf

In the last decade, a new conception of culture has emerged in sociology, out of the ashes of modernism and post-modernism, that has the potential to radically change how we think about cultural objects and groups in archaeology. Archaeology beyond Postmodernity re-evaluates current interpretive and methodological tools and adapts them to the new position. Many examples are given from Western and indigenous sciences to illustrate this different understanding of science and culture. In addition, several case studies demonstrate how it can be applied to interpret historic and prehistoric cultures.

Author : Robert Van De Noort,Aidan O'Sullivan
Publisher : Bristol Classical Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2006-03-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UVA:X004836186

Get Book

Rethinking Wetland Archaeology by Robert Van De Noort,Aidan O'Sullivan Pdf

Shows how wetland studies can be contextualised within geographical, cultural and theoretical frameworks. This book discusses how wetland archaeological discoveries can be understood in terms of past people's perception and understanding of landscape, which was not only a source of economic benefit, but a storehouse of cultural values and beliefs.

Author : Elifgül Doğan,Mariana Pinto Leitão Pereira,Oliver Antczak,Min Lin,Phoebe Thompson,Camila Alday
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781803272825

Get Book

Diversity in Archaeology by Elifgül Doğan,Mariana Pinto Leitão Pereira,Oliver Antczak,Min Lin,Phoebe Thompson,Camila Alday Pdf

30 papers explore a wide range of topics such as women’s voices in archaeological discourse; researching race and ethnicity across time; use of diversified science methods in archaeology; critical ethnographic studies; diversity in the archaeology of death, heritage studies, and archaeology of ‘scapes’.

Author : Kit W. Wesler
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780761858454

Get Book

An Archaeology of Religion by Kit W. Wesler Pdf

An Archaeology of Religion challenges traditional conventions by refusing to respect the geographic and temporal boundaries with which archaeologists too often define their field. This book is an ambitious attempt to survey how scholars approach the identification of religious sites and practices in the archaeological record.

Author : Andrea Ercolani,Laura Lulli
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110751987

Get Book

Rethinking Orality I by Andrea Ercolani,Laura Lulli Pdf

The volume deals with the mechanisms of the oral communication in the ancient Greek culture. Considering the critical debate about orality, the analysis of the communicative system in a predominantly oral-aural ancient society implies a reassessment and a deep reconsideration of the traces which orality embedded in the texts transmitted to us. In particular, the focus is on the 'cultural message', a set of information which is processed and transmitted vertically as well as horizontally by a living being, so to be differently from a genetically encoded information, a culturally defined process. The survey intertwines different approaches: the methodologies of cognitivism, biology, ethology, to analyze the embrional processes of the cultural messages, and the tools of historical and literary analysis, to highlight the development of the cultural messages in the traditional knowledge, their codification, transmission, and evolutions in the dialectics between orality and writing. The reconstructed pattern of the mechanisms of cultural messages in a prevailing oral-aural system cast a light on a shadowy aspect of a sophisticated communication system that has long influenced European culture.