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In this collected work an international team of experts considers the consequences of colonialism in settler societies from the sixteenth century to the present day. By providing the reader with a global vision of the subject, the book presents an innovative approach to the study of contact archaeology.
In this collected work an international team of experts considers the consequences of colonialism in settler societies from the sixteenth century to the present day. By providing the reader with a global vision of the subject, the book presents an innovative approach to the study of contact archaeology.
This exciting 2001 collection investigates the historical archaeology of urban slums. Excavations yield evidence of communities that have left few written records. Including eleven case studies, it maps a new field, which will attract the attention of a range of students and scholars outside archaeology, in particular historical sociologists and historians.
This edited collection, first published in 2000, examines the impact of wealth and high culture on the development of states, applying a classic model developed by two leading scholars for studying Ancient Egypt and Ancient Mesopotamia, to other early societies. Includes chapters on Mesoamerica, the Andes, the Indus Valley, China, and Greece.
Bad Year Economics explores the role of risk and uncertainty in human economics within an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural framework. Drawing on archaeology, anthropology, and ancient and modern history, the contributors range widely in time and space across hunting, farming and pastoralism, across ancient states, empires, and modern nation states.
This book outlines a fresh approach to the archaeological study of the historic cultures of North America. Instead of historical archaeologists borrowing models from colleagues working in the prehistoric past, Beaudry believes that historical archaeologists must develop their own framework for interpretation. It is designed to appeal to a broad spectrum of archaeologists and historians.
This volume assesses current archaeological theories and considers how they relate to our understanding of the past.
Domestic Architecture and the Use of Space investigates the relationship between the built environment and the organisation of space. The contributors are classical and prehistoric archaeologists, anthropologists and architects, who from their different backgrounds are able to provide some important and original insights into this relationship.
This volume examines how factional competition in the kinship and political structures in ancient New World societies led to the development of chiefdoms, states and empires.
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