Archaeology on the Threshold : Studies in the Processes of Change

Joseph D Wardle

ISBN 10: 081306953X / ISBN 13: 9780813069531

Published by Longleaf Services On Behalf Of U Of Florida Press Dez 2022, 2022

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Neuware - New perspectives on transitions in human historyThis book is about transitional periods of cultural and environmental change as seen through the lenses of archaeology and ethnography. Incorporating data from across six continents and tracing the human experience from the Late Pleistocene to the present, this book offers a global comparative perspective on transitional states.Questions of causality are considered, as are hypotheses about the processes of cultural change.Archaeology on the Threshold focuses on major transitions such as the shift from foraging to agriculture, the adoption of new technologies, the emergence of large-scale societies, the transition from egalitarian to inegalitarian leadership, and changes that occur in socioeconomic and ideological systems as a result of climate change and disease. Theoretical approaches range from processual to postprocessual, humanistic, and interpretive. Methodologies include ethnoarchaeology, the use of ethnographic analogy, crosscultural comparisons and large-scale data approaches, oral history, the historical record, participant observation, and focus group discussions.Challenging archaeologists to query long-held assumptions and theoretical positions, this volume aims to refocus inquiry into change-causing and larger evolutionary processes to problematize notions of revolutionary, irrevocable change.These case studies examine and shed light on assumptions regarding the linearity and oscillations of adaptations, with intriguing implications for archaeological inferences.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Archaeology on the Threshold : Studies in the Processes of Change
• Publisher: Longleaf Services On Behalf Of U Of Florida Press Dez 2022
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 081306953X
• ISBN 13: 9780813069531
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 152H x 19D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 19 millimeters depth
• Weight: 590 grams

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Synopsis

Incorporating data from across six continents and tracing the human experience from the Late Pleistocene to the present, this volume examines  transitional periods of cultural and environmental change through the lenses of archaeology and ethnography.

About the Authors

Joseph D. Wardle is a doctoral candidate at the University of Michigan. 

Robert K. Hitchcock is professor of anthropology at the University of New Mexico. 

Matthew Schmader is adjunct professor of anthropology at the University of New Mexico. 

Pei-Lin Yu is an archaeologist at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and affiliate professor of anthropology at Boise State University.