International Handbook of Historical Archaeology

In studying the past, archaeologists have focused on the material remains of our predecessors. Prehistorians generally rely almost exclusively on the diverse material record for their understanding of past societies and their behavior. Those involved in studying historically documented cultures not...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Gaimster, David. (Editor), Majewski, Teresita. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
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505 0 # |a Class and Race -- Ethical Issues in Historical Archaeology -- Colonies, Colonialism, and Cultural Entanglement -- Landscape Approaches in Historical Archaeology. Historical Archaeology and the Environment. -Zooarchaeology and Historical Archaeology -- Going, Going, Gone. Preparing for an Afterlife on Earth -- Making Historical Archaeology Postcolonial -- The Current State and Future Prospects of Theory in European Post-Medieval Archaeology -- Consumerist Studies in Historical Archaeology -- Artifacts and Personal Identity -- Systematics in Artifact Categorization -- World-Systems Theory, Networks, and Modern-World. -Wholes, Halves, and Vacant Quarters: Ethnohistory and Historical Methodology -- Industrial Archaeology -- Archaeological Patterns of Frontier Military Sites. -Men-Women and Children. Interpretive Historical Archaeology -- Historical Archaeology of Native Americans -- Asian American Studies in Historical Archaeology -- Historical Archaeology on a Global Scale -- Family Resemblances -- Archaeology of La Florida -- Historical Archaeology in South America -- Historical Archaeology in Mesoamerica -- Central American Historical Archaeology -- Archaeologies of African and the Diaspora -- On the Fringes of New Spain: The Northern Borderlands and the Pacific -- Exploration, Exploitation, and Settlement -- An Embarrassment of Riches? Post-Medieval Archaeology in Northern Europe -- Historical Development of Post-Medieval Archaeology -- African Historical Archaeology -- Caribbean Historical Archaeology -- French Colonial Archaeology -- Natives and Newcomers in the Antipodes. -Above and Beyond Ancient Mounds: The Archaeology of the Modern Periods in the Middle East/Eastern Mediterranean. 
520 # # |a In studying the past, archaeologists have focused on the material remains of our predecessors. Prehistorians generally rely almost exclusively on the diverse material record for their understanding of past societies and their behavior. Those involved in studying historically documented cultures not only have extensive material remains but also contemporary texts, images, and a range of investigative�methods to enable them to build a broader and more reflexive picture of how past societies, communities, and individuals operated and behaved. Increasingly, historical archaeology refers not to a particular period, place, or a method, but rather to an approach that interrogates the tensions between artifacts and texts irrespective of context. In short, historical archaeology provides direct evidence for how humans have shaped the world we live in today.���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� The 35 essays in the International Handbook of Historical Archaeology have been specially commissioned from�leading researchers in their fields, creating a wide-ranging digest of the increasingly global field of historical archaeology that will be an essential addition to any library. Authors include both senior and junior scholars and represent�the major sectors where historical archaeologists are employed today the cultural resource/heritage management industry, universities, government agencies,�and museums.�The volume is divided into two sections, the first reviewing the key themes, issues, and approaches of historical archaeology today, and the second containing a series of case studies charting the development and current state of historical archaeological practice around the world.�The contributions to the handbook include unique topical and regional syntheses not found in historical archaeological compendia published to date. This key reference work captures the energy and diversity of this global discipline today, and its format and content are particularly suitable for classroom use. 
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