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Over 80 archaeologists from three continents attempt a comprehensive definition of the ideas and practices of landscape archaeology, covering the theoretical and the practical, the research and conservation, and encasing the term in a global framework.

This volume marks a significant departure from previous symbolic approaches in post-processual archaeology, bringing together key scholars advancing a variety of cutting edge approaches to chart a new direction in material culture studies.

Tackles the fundamental and broad-scale questions concerning the spread of early animal herding from its origins in the Near East into Europe beginning in the mid-10th millennium BC. Original work by more than 30 leading international researchers synthesises of our current knowledge about the origins and spread of animal domestication.

The contributors to this volume-themselves from six continents and many representing indigenous and minority communities and disadvantaged countries-suggest strategies to strip archaeological theory and practice of its colonial heritage and create a discipline sensitive to its inherent inequalities.

Archaeologists have been developing artifact typologies to understand cultural categories. This book examines these attempts to systematize the cultural domains in premodern societies through a historical study of pottery typologies. It offers a methodology for producing classifications that are salient to the cultural groups that produced them.

Shows that individual choices, from the fatal to the mundane, are fundamentally questions of culture - what it is, where it comes from, and the complex ways it changes and evolves.

Collaborative projects, or projects directed and conducted by indigenous peoples themselves have become a standard feature of the archaeological landscape. This work features an array of writings around this subject. It contains cases that range from Australia to Arctic Russia, from Africa to North America.

Suitable for project engineers, project managers, construction managers, the staff of affected government agencies, and archaeological consultants. This work provides information, and archaeological perspective, to intelligently work with the various parties involved in your project and avoid an archaeological disaster.

A collection of stories of the author that tells about the loss of her husband, brother and mother. It tells about her growing up in small town Virginia; about the work of the ethnographer; and about emotionally charged life issues such as abortion, caregiving, and love.

Leading scholars demonstrate the importance of archaeobotanical evidence in the understanding of the spread of agriculture in southwest Asia and Europe.

Argues for a shift in cultural heritage conservation, from a focus on maintaining the physical fabric of material culture towards the impact that conservation work has on people's lives. This book challenges the commodification of sacred objects and places by western conservation thought and attempts to decolonize conservation practice.

Features articles from the 2008 International Congress on Qualitative Inquiry. This book demonstrates the potential of the research tradition to make contributions to the betterment of humankind. It highlights the importance of advocating for social justice.

Presents research and practice to show how history museums offer a point of entry to the past by empowering children to connect to history through exhibitions. This title covers educational theory and developmental frameworks, how audience and evaluation inform research and development, and the role of experience in delivering content.

The use of mixed methods designs for conducting research has become a major trend in social science research. Renowned methodological experts Janice Morse and Linda Niehaus present a guide to intermediate and experienced researchers on the possibilities inherent in mixed method research.

A long overdue advancement in ceramic studies, this volume sheds new light on the adoption and dispersal of pottery by non-agricultural societies of prehistoric Eurasia. Major contributions from Western Europe, Eastern Europe and Asia make this a truly international work that brings together different theories and material for the first time.

Drawing upon a career in studying museum visitors, renowned researcher John Falk attempts to create a predictive model of visitor experience, one that can help museum professionals better meet those visitors' needs.

A book on archaeology and religion. It tells about how archaeology interprets past religions. It includes case studies from around the world, from the study of Upper Paleolithic religions and of shamans in foraging societies to formal religious structures in advanced complex societies of Mesopotamia, Egypt, India and the Andes.

In the classroom, knowledge is widely distributed among the students and teacher, but is difficult to share across linguistic and cultural barriers. Seeking paths across these barriers, this title explores the question: What is the discourse frame in which students and teachers work?

Guides the reader through the process of conducting and producing an autoethnographic study through the understanding of self, other, and culture. This book offers various techniques for gathering data on the self and shows how to transform this information into a study that looks for the connection with others present in a diverse world.

Dame Kathleen Kenyon has always been a larger-than-life figure, likely the influential woman archaeologist of the 20th century. This biography of Kenyon recounts not only her many achievements in the field but also her personal side, known to very few of her contemporaries.

Takes you inside the trenches of one of the world's most important archaeological excavations and the biggest prehistoric village ever discovered: 9,500 year old Catalhoeyuek, in south-central Turkey. This book details the dramatic quest by archaeologists to unearth the buried secrets of this spectacularly well-preserved early farming settlement.