Historical Archaeology - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405107510 ISBN 13: 9781405107518

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2006

Synopsis

This volume offers lively current debates and case studies in historical archaeology selected from around the world, including North America, Latin America, Africa, the Pacific, and Europe.

• Authored by 19 experts in the field.
• Explores how historical archaeologists think about their work, piecing together information from both material culture and documents in an attempt to understand the lives of the people and societies they study.
• Engages with current theory in an accessible manner.
• Truly global in its approach but avoids subsuming local experiences of people into global patterns.
• Summarizes not only the current state of historical archaeology, but also sets the course for the field in decades to come.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

In Historical Archaeology, readers will find lively current debates and case studies in historical archaeology from North America, Latin America, Africa, the Pacific, and Europe. Written by experts in the field, this volume explores how historical archaeologists think about their work and how they piece together information from both material culture and documents to create an understanding of the lives and struggles of people who lived during the course of the last several centuries. Although examining wide-reaching issues of international significance and impact, Historical Archaeology does not subsume local experiences of people into global patterns; instead, it examines the character of local identities and lives.The book serves not only to summarize the current state of historical archaeology, but also to set the course for the field in decades to come.

About the Author:

Martin Hall is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Salford, Greater Manchester, and was formerly Professor of Historical Archaeology at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Stephen W. Silliman is Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts, Boston.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1405107510
• ISBN 13: 9781405107518
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 360
• Editor: Hall Martin