"Interesting, strong, and timely. Everyday Life Matters is clearly and sharply written, and by targeting the archaeology of everyday life as an emerging field explicitly, it identifies and fills a real void in the field."--John Robb, author of The Early Mediterranean Village "An absolute must-read. Robin's thorough understanding of commoners and how they occasionally interacted with elites provides a solid foundation for social reconstruction."--Payson Sheets, coeditor of Surviving Sudden Environmental Change While the study of ancient civilizations most...
"Interesting, strong, and timely. Everyday Life Matters is clearly and sharply written, and by targeting the archaeology of everyday life as an...
"What stands out in the Chan research is the variability and complexity of the strategies for living in this small community--clearly not the faceless homogeneous masses at the bottom of the socio-economic scale, but a diverse group of people in households who were successful for some 2,000 years in maintaining a balance in the face of a changing political landscape around them"--Heather McKillop, author of In Search of Maya Sea Traders
"This book is more than theory-building, it is paradigm-changing. Cynthia Robin and her colleagues have discovered how the farming village of...
"What stands out in the Chan research is the variability and complexity of the strategies for living in this small community--clearly not the facel...
Interesting, strong, and timely. Everyday Life Matters is clearly and sharply written, and by targeting the archaeology of everyday life as an emerging field explicitly, it identifies and fills a real void in the field. John Robb, author of The Early Mediterranean Village An absolute must-read. Robin s thorough understanding of commoners and how they occasionally interacted with elites provides a solid foundation for social reconstruction. Payson Sheets, coeditor of Surviving Sudden Environmental ChangeWhile the study of ancient civilizations most often...
Interesting, strong, and timely. Everyday Life Matters is clearly and sharply written, and by targeting the archaeology of everyday life as an ...
