Questions about archaeological scale have been inherent in the discipline for many years.
Archaeologists began to think about issues of scale as soon as they began to look beyond …

Anthropology, Strathern (1991: xiii) notes, is concerned to demonstrate the complexity of
social phenomena. But in the demonstration, phenomena must be simplified sufficiently to …

Archaeological analysis operates on a continuum of scale from the microscopic analysis of a
single artifact to regional interpretations of cultural adaptations over thousands of years. A …

I discuss the growing interest in archaeological research worldwide and suggest that while
dissemination of archaeology in the twentieth century may be explained through the use of …

This paper briefly sets the scene for the articles that follow, introducing some key debates
that have characterized the recent practice of historical archaeology. The definition of …

The issue of scale is not a geometric matter, resolved by machine, but a problem of
perceptual engagement at the core of knowledge and understanding. While theoretical …

The past, present, and future of global historical archaeology is addressed first through a
comparative analysis of the development of the discipline in North America and the British …

The growing interest in assemblages has already opened up a number of important lines of
enquiry in archaeology, from the morphogenetic capacities of matter through to a rethinking …

The concept of scale has caught a growing interest in archaeology since it became possible
to zoom at the click of a mouse-button between what used to be separate analytical …

Commenting on the organization of Middle Eastern societies in the millennia between the
origins of farming and the appearance of the rst cities, David Wengrow has remarked,'This …