This interdisciplinary book examines archaeology's engagement with semiotics, from its
early structuralist beginnings to its more recent Peircian encounters. It represents the first …

Archaeology is perceived to study the people of long ago and far away. How could
archaeology matter in the modern world? Well-known archaeologist Jeremy Sabloff points to …

The editors and contributors to this volume focus on the inherent political nature of
archaeology and its impact on the practice of the discipline. Pointing to the discipline's …

The trope of “tradition” dominates archaeological studies of the African diaspora. Much of the
information archaeologists have about traditions on the African continent or in the early …

Title: Theoretical Approaches in Bioarchaeology/edited by Colleen M. Cheverko, Julia R.
Prince-Buitenhuys, and Mark Hubbe. Description: London; New York: Routledge/Taylor & …

Is the 'material'or 'ontological'turn a major new paradigm in archaeological theory? Or is it
another iteration of the cycle of piecemeal innovation which has created a very fragmented …

This essay argues that historical archaeology has the potential to complicate and challenge
colonial narratives of authenticity, not only in the rich data that it collects and studies, but …

Field schools are a rite of passage for archaeologists, the first experience of what for many is
the defining activity of the discipline: fieldwork. While teaching competence in practical …

Part of the challenge facing an ethical and socially responsible archaeology is to square
traditional, time-honored commitments to 'objective'scholarly inquiry with the politically …

My aim in this article is to investigate the relationships between time-experience and
imperialism in the Roman world. The archaeological exploration of past time-concepts has …