A groundbreaking exploration of the intertwined histories of slavery, racism, and higher
education in America, from a leading African American historian. A 2006 report …

This book in the SAA Press Current Perspectives Series represents a period-by-period
synthesis of southeastern prehistory designed for high school and college students …

This review highlights archaeological investigations of prehistoric and historic households in
southeastern North America. There are a number of inherent challenges to the archaeology …

This article seeks to bring together studies of community from both the New and Old Worlds
and examine their various strengths and weaknesses. Whilst applauding many of the recent …

Day-to-day activities are important in the development of social identities, the establishment
of social standing, and the communal understanding of societal rules. This perspective is …

First published in 2013. The study of food in the Hebrew Bible and Syro-Palestinian
archaeology has tended to focus on kosher dietary laws, the sacrificial system, and feasting …

Democratic cooperation is a particularly complex type of arrangement that requires
attendant institutions to ensure that the problems inherent in collective action do not subvert …

In recent years the pace of research on the late prehistoric Mississippian societies of eastern
North America has accelerated. New data, methods, and theoretical goals are changing …

Everyday life is critical in the constitution of selves and societies alike. Archaeology, with its
attention to material and spatial remains, is in a unique position to further studies of …

Mississippian religion and polity from the eleventh through the seventeenth centuries were
not distinct institutions or organizations but were inseparable dimensions of lived …