The Oxford Companion To Archaeology

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The second edition of The Oxford Companion to Archaeology is a thoroughly up-to-date resource with new entries exploring the many advances in the field since the first edition published in 1996. In 700 entries, the second edition provides thorough coverage to historical archaeology, the development of archaeology as a field of study, and the way the discipline works to explain the past. In addition to these theoretical entries, other entries describe the major excavations, discoveries, and innovations, from the discovery of the cave paintings at Lascaux to the deciphering of Egyptian hieroglyphics and the use of luminescence dating. Recent developments in methods and analytical techniques which have revolutionized the ways excavations are performed are also covered; as well as new areas within archeology, such as cultural tourism; and major new sites which have expanded our understanding of prehistory and human developments through time. In addition to significant expansion, first-edition entries have been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the progress that has been made in the last decade and a half.

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Genre : Reference
Author : Neil Asher Silberman
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Release : 2012-11
File : 2130 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780199735785


The Prehistoric Burial Sites Of Northern Ireland

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Much has been written about the history of Northern Ireland, but less well-known is its wealth of prehistoric sites, particularly burial sites, from which most of our knowledge of the early inhabitants of this country has been obtained.

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Genre : Social Science
Author : Harry Welsh
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Release : 2014-07-28
File : 489 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781784910075


Women In Archaeology

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The fourteen essays in this collection explore the place of women in archaeology in the twentieth century, arguing that they have largely been excluded from "an essentially all-male establishment."

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Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Author : Cheryl Claassen
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Release : 1994-06
File : 268 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0812215095


University Of Michigan Official Publication

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Each number is the catalogue of a specific school or college of the University.

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Genre : Education, Higher
Author : University of Michigan
Publisher : UM Libraries
Release : 1973
File : 896 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015078740126


Digital Archaeology

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The authors address how digital technologies have been and can be incorporated within different aspects of archaeology and heritage management. They aim to stimulate widespread thought and debate on how IT can be holistically integrated into the study of past cultures.

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Genre : Architecture
Author : Thomas Laurence Evans
Publisher : Psychology Press
Release : 2006
File : 290 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0415310482


Archaeology Annales And Ethnohistory

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This collection considers the relevance of the Annales 'school' for archaeology. The Annales movement regarded orthodox history as too much concerned with events, too narrowly political, too narrative in form and too isolated from neighbouring disciplines. Annalistes attempted to construct a 'total' history, dealing with a wide range of human activity, and combining divergent material, documentary, and theoretical approaches to the past. Annales-oriented research utilizes the techniques and tools of various ancillary fields, and integrates temporal, spatial, material and behavioural analyses. Such an approach is obviously attractive to archaeologists, for even though they deal with material data rather than social facts, they are just as much as historians interested in understanding social, economic and political factors such as power and dominance, conflict, exchange and other human activities. Three introductory essays consider the relationship between Annales methodology and current archaeological theory. Case studies draw upon methodological variations of the multifaceted Annales approach. The volume concludes with two overviews, one historical and the other archaeological.

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Genre : History
Author : A. Bernard Knapp
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release : 1992-04-16
File : 178 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0521411742


The Prehistoric Artefacts Of Northern Ireland

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The last in a trilogy of monographs designed to provide a baseline survey of the prehistoric sites of Northern Ireland, this monograph considers the prehistoric artefacts that have been found in Northern Ireland. It aims to provide a basis for further research, and also to stimulate local interest in the prehistory of Northern Ireland.

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Genre : Social Science
Author : Harry Welsh
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Release : 2022-01-20
File : 364 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781789699548


Assembling Archaeology

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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.

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Genre : Social Science
Author : Hannah Cobb
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Release : 2020-07-01
File : 227 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780191087097


Sites Of Prehistoric Life In Northern Ireland

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This monograph brings together information on all the currently known sites in Northern Ireland that are in some way associated with prehistoric life. Compiled from a number of sources, it includes many that have only recently been discovered. A total of 1580 monuments are recorded in the inventory, ranging from burnt mounds to hillforts.

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Genre : Social Science
Author : Harry Welsh
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Release : 2018-02-28
File : 240 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781784917944


California Archaeology

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California Archaeology provides a compilation of knowledge for archeologists who are not California specialists. This book explains important cultural events and patterns discovered archeologically. Organized into 11 chapters, this book begins with an overview of California's historic and ancient environments as well as the evidence of Pleistocene human activity. This text then examines the glacial and other environmental conditions that would have influenced the origins, adaptations, and spread of the earliest North Americans. Other chapters consider how California's past is relevant to a wider understanding of human behavior. This book discusses as well the perceptions of Central Coast and San Francisco Bay region prehistory that have changed rapidly as a result of intensive fieldwork performed to comply with environmental law. The final chapter deals with the data of historical linguistics, which indicate something of the cultural relationships and events that might have occurred in the past. This book is a valuable resource for archeologists.

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Genre : History
Author : Michael J. Moratto
Publisher : Academic Press
Release : 2014-05-10
File : 798 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781483277356