Transforming Archaeology
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Transforming Archaeology
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Author : Sonya Atalay
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-07
Transforming Archaeology written by Sonya Atalay and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07 with Architecture categories.
Archaeology for whom? The dozen well-known contributors to this innovative volume suggest nothing less than a transformation of the discipline into a service-oriented, community-based endeavor. They wish to replace the primacy of meeting academic demands with meeting the needs and values of those outside the field who may benefit most from our work. They insist that we employ both rigorous scientific methods and an equally rigorous critique of those practices to ensure that our work addresses real-world social, environmental, and political problems. A transformed archaeology requires both personal engagement and a new toolkit. Thus, in addition to the theoretical grounding and case materials from around the world, each contributor offers a personal statement of their goals and an outline of collaborative methods that can be adopted by other archaeologists.
Transforming Heritage Practice In The 21st Century
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Author : John H. Jameson
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2019-06-14
Transforming Heritage Practice In The 21st Century written by John H. Jameson and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-14 with Social Science categories.
Recent years have witnessed a rapid increase in the fields of cultural heritage studies and community archaeology worldwide with expanding discussions about the mechanisms and consequences of community participation. This trend has brought to the forefront debates about who owns the past, who has knowledge, and how heritage values can be shared more effectively with communities who then ascribe meaning and value to heritage materials. Globalization forces have created a need for contextualizing knowledge to address complex issues and collaboration across and beyond academic disciplines, using more integrated methodologies that include the participation of non-academics and increased stakeholder involvement. Successful programs provide power sharing mechanisms and motivation that effect more active involvement by lay persons in archaeological fieldwork as well as interpretation and information dissemination processes. With the contents of this volume, we envision community archaeology to go beyond descriptions of outreach and public engagement to more critical and reflexive actions and thinking. The volume is presented in the context of the evolution of cultural heritage studies from the 20th century “expert approach” to the 21st century “people-centered approach,” with public participation and community involvement at all phases of the decision-making process. The volume contains contributions of 28 chapters and 59 authors, covering an extensive geographical range, including Africa, South America, Central America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, and Australasia. Chapters provide exemplary cases in a growing lexicon of public archaeology where power is shared within frameworks of voluntary activism in a wide diversity of cooperative settings and stakeholder interactions.
Social Transformations In Archaeology
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Author : Kristian Kristiansen
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2005-10-05
Social Transformations In Archaeology written by Kristian Kristiansen and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-10-05 with Education categories.
Social Transformations in Archaeology explores the relevance of archaeology to the study of long-term change and to the understanding of our contemporary world. The articles are divided into: * broader theoretical issues * post-colonial issues in a wide range of contexts * archaeological examination of colonialism with case studies from the Mediterranean in the first millenium BC and historical Africa.
Time Process And Structured Transformation In Archaeology
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Author : James McGlade
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-10-16
Time Process And Structured Transformation In Archaeology written by James McGlade and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-16 with Social Science categories.
In a discipline which essentially studies how modern man came to be, it is remarkable that there are hardly any conceptual tools to describe change. This is due to the history of the western intellectual and scientific tradition, which for a long time favoured mechanics over dynamics, and the study of stability over that of change. Change was primarily deemed due to external events (in archaeology mainly climatic or 'environmental'). Revolutionary innovations in the natural and life sciences, often (erroneously) referred to as 'chaos theory', suggest that there are ways to overcome this problem. A wide range of processes can be described in terms of dynamic systems, and modern computing methods enable us to investigate many of their properties. This volume presents a cogent argument for the use of such approaches, and a discussion of a number of its aspects by a range of scientists from the humanities, social and natural sciences, and archaeology.
The Rise Of Bronze Age Society
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Author : Kristian Kristiansen
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2005-12-08
The Rise Of Bronze Age Society written by Kristian Kristiansen and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-12-08 with History categories.
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Eventful Archaeologies
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Author : Douglas J. Bolender
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2010-09-17
Eventful Archaeologies written by Douglas J. Bolender and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-17 with Social Science categories.
The potential of events for interpreting changes in the archaeological record.
Beyond Collapse
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Author : Ronald K. Faulseit
language : en
Publisher: SIU Press
Release Date : 2016
Beyond Collapse written by Ronald K. Faulseit and has been published by SIU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with History categories.
This book interprets how ancient civilizations responded to various stresses, including environmental change, warfare, and the fragmentation of political institutions. It focuses on what happened during and after the decline of once powerful regimes, and posits that they experienced social resilience and transformation instead of collapse.
The Archaeology Of Elam
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Author : D. T. Potts
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1999-07-29
The Archaeology Of Elam written by D. T. Potts and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-07-29 with History categories.
From the middle of the 3rd millennium BC until the coming of Cyrus the Great, southwestern Iran was referred to in Mesopotamian sources as the land of Elam. A heterogeneous collection of regions, Elam was home to a variety of groups, alternately the object of Mesopotamian aggression, and aggressors themselves; an ethnic group seemingly swallowed up by the vast Achaemenid Persian empire, yet a force strong enough to attack Babylonia in the last centuries BC. The Elamite language is attested as late as the Medieval era, and the name Elam as late as 1300 in the records of the Nestorian church. This book examines the formation and transformation of Elam's many identities through both archaeological and written evidence, and brings to life one of the most important regions of Western Asia, re-evaluates its significance, and places it in the context of the most recent archaeological and historical scholarship.
The Resilience And Vulnerability Of Ancient Landscapes
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Author : Arlen F. Chase
language : en
Publisher: Wiley
Release Date : 2014-10-20
The Resilience And Vulnerability Of Ancient Landscapes written by Arlen F. Chase and has been published by Wiley this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-20 with Social Science categories.
This volume represents the concerted efforts of a group of Maya archaeologists to employ a different approach to their archaeological data that is consistent with an effort called IHOPE: Integrated History and Future of People on Earth. IHOPE is a global network of scientists and researchers that seeks to use a wide range of data to examine how changes in the Earth's systems of the past have been correlated with changes in the coupled human-biophysical environment (Costanza et al. 2007). “The specific objectives for IHOPE are to identify slow and rapidly moving features of complex social-ecological systems, on local to continental spatial scales, which induce resilience, stress, or collapse in linked systems of humans and nature. These objectives will be reached by exploring innovative ways of conducting inter and trans-disciplinary science, including theory, case studies, and integrated modeling” (Costanza et al. 2012:1). The integration of these data, a large portion of which are derived from archaeology, is seen as an important contribution to the accurate and applicable information base for addressing both short- and long-term planning issues facing modern populations.
Transformation By Fire
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Author : Gabriel Cooney
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 2014-11-27
Transformation By Fire written by Gabriel Cooney and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-27 with Social Science categories.
Transformation by Fire offers a current assessment of the archaeological research on the widespread social practice of cremation. Editors Ian Kuijt, Colin P. Quinn, and Gabriel Cooney chart a path for the development of interpretive archaeology surrounding this complex social process.