Ethics has abandoned its niche status to become a shared concern across archaeology. The
appraisal of the sociopolitical context of archaeological practice since the 1980s has forced …

Recent methodological advances have increased the pace and scale of African ancient
DNA (aDNA) research, inciting a rush to sample broadly from museum collections, and …

To what extent do we need structuralist cognitive settlement models such as the Central
Cattle Pattern and the Zimbabwe Pattern for future research and understanding of Iron Age …

Ethics are fundamentally important to all forms of archaeological theory and practice and are
embedded within many professional codes of conduct. The ethics of archaeological …

What do researchers and heritage practitioners do when their concepts of place do not
coincide with those held by local communities? Discussing a case study from Mozambique …

Archaeologies of colonialism have have called for exploring the culturally dynamic
entanglements of people and objects while acknowledging the violence that accompanied …

This article explores the role of mentorship in structuring students' decisions to pursue
career paths in archaeology, both within and outside academia. Based on recent survey …

Multiple cultural identities converge in Mesa Verde archaeology. Archaeologists have
engaged research questions for the last half century, leading to cultural reconstructive …

The remembrance of the dead is a ubiquitous dimension of most human societies, and the
spatial dimension of mortuary practices actively constitutes an essential element of the …

In recent years, culture has gained recognition as a vital element in sustainable
development efforts, both globally through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and …