The authors raise spatial analysis to a new level of sophistication–and insight–in proposing
a mathematical model of 'imperfect optimisation'to describe maritime networks. This model …

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 …

This article argues that the development of excavation field methods in archaeology is
closely tied to the social position of fieldworkers. We also note disaffection in field contract …

Why another book on ethics and socio-politics in archaeology? After all, in the last 25 years
a good number of them has been produced (eg, Gathercole and Lowenthal 1990; Gero et al …

As researchers bring their analytic skills to bear on contemporary archaeological tourism,
they find that it is as much about the present as the past. Philip Duke's study of tourists …

Archaeological work on the remains of 20th century conflict presents a unique and
challenging set of ethical problems that have yet to be explicitly addressed. These are …

The public dimensions of archaeological practice are explored through a new method called
Marxist reflexivity. This use for Marxism draws a parallel with recent reflexive archaeologies …

Class is a curious concept. As an omnipresent aspect of the capitalist world, class has
commonly been used as a way to classify and label groups of people, both in the present …

As archaeologists integrate digital media into all stages of archaeological methodology it is
necessary to understand the implications of using this media to interpret the past. Using …

During the 1980s, the adoption of neoliberal precepts in archaeology initiated the process of
its privatisation. This process in turn created a new economic niche called contract …