This unique book offers a theoretical framework for historical archaeology that explicitly relies on network theory. Charles E. Orser, Jr., demonstrates the need to examine the impact of colonialism, Eurocentrism, capitalism, and modernity on all archaeological sites inhabited after 1492 and shows how these large-scale forces create a link among all the sites. Orser investigates the connections between a seventeenth-century runaway slave kingdom in Palmares, Brazil and an early nineteenth-century peasant village in central Ireland. Studying artifacts, landscapes, and social inequalities in...
This unique book offers a theoretical framework for historical archaeology that explicitly relies on network theory. Charles E. Orser, Jr., demonstrat...
The Encyclopedia of Historical Archaeology is a ground-breaking compendium of information about this ever-growing field. Concentrating on the post-1400 period as well as containing generic explanations of historical archaeology where needed, the encyclopedia is compiled by over 120 experts from around the world and contains more than 370 entries covering important concepts and sites.
The Encyclopedia of Historical Archaeology is a ground-breaking compendium of information about this ever-growing field. Concentrating on the...
Race and Practice in Archaeological Interpretation Charles E. Orser, Jr. "An extraordinarily stimulating and provocative book, rich in ides and suggested new directions for archaeology."--Choice "Charles Orser outlines a research strategy for studying poverty and racism that is worthy of historical archaeology. . . . Much of this book is devoted to dealing with how people come to be worthy of being despised, usually by being seen as belonging to biologically inferior groups."--Journal of Anthropological Research Scholars who investigate race--a label based upon real or perceived...
Race and Practice in Archaeological Interpretation Charles E. Orser, Jr. "An extraordinarily stimulating and provocative book, rich in ides and sugges...
How do archaeologists think? How do they use the scattered and often-fragmentary remains from the past both historical and excavated to create meaningful, sensible interpretations of human history? In Archaeological Thinking, Charles E. Orser Jr., provides a commonsense guide to applying critical thinking skills to archaeological questions and evidence. Rather than critiquing and debunking specific cases of pseudo-archaeology or concentrating on archaeological theory, Orser considers the basics of scientific thinking, the use of logic and analogy, the meaning and context of facts, and the...
How do archaeologists think? How do they use the scattered and often-fragmentary remains from the past both historical and excavated to create meaning...
How do archaeologists think? How do they use the scattered and often-fragmentary remains from the past both historical and excavated to create meaningful, sensible interpretations of human history? In Archaeological Thinking, Charles E. Orser Jr., provides a commonsense guide to applying critical thinking skills to archaeological questions and evidence. Rather than critiquing and debunking specific cases of pseudo-archaeology or concentrating on archaeological theory, Orser considers the basics of scientific thinking, the use of logic and analogy, the meaning and context of facts, and the...
How do archaeologists think? How do they use the scattered and often-fragmentary remains from the past both historical and excavated to create meaning...