This essay reviews the historical archaeology of South and Southeast Asia from the inside
looking out and from the outside looking in. Most historical archaeological research has …

Archaeology's contributions to Ancient Near Eastern history include supplying the raw
textual data (archives and monumental inscriptions), identifying ancient sites on the ground …

The papers presented in this volume are derived from selected presentations, and the
discussions they provoked, at a session of the Society of American Archaeologists …

In this short conclusion, we aim to reflect on what we perceive to be the most significant
convergences that emerge from the case studies and comparative perspectives presented in …

The “concealed communities” of our title are the people archaeologists have often labeled
as “marginal.” Archaeologists writing about both prehistoric and historic periods have …

The character and date of the earliest settlement of the remote Pacific Islands remains an
important research objective. Tracing human origins in “Remote Oceania” reveals a series of …

Within the Asia-Pacific region, the Holocene inceptions of food production occurred
independently in central China and in the New Guinea Highlands. China witnessed the …

We thank sincerely all the respondents for their contributions, which have provided much
food for thought, and for allowing us therefore to open up the debate further. These brief final …

Theories in anthropology are constantly transcended, debated, revoked, and resurrected in
ways that belie any one overarching way of viewing human interaction or Progress. One …

We are grateful for the participation of the respondents and heartened at the general
agreement on the importance of a politically proactive archaeology. Inevitably, the authors …