Archaeological Theory
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Reclaiming Archaeology
Beyond the Tropes of Modernity
Series: Archaeological Orientations
Archaeology has been an important source of metaphors for some of the key intellectuals of the 20th century: Sigmund Freud, Walter Benjamin, Alois Riegl and Michel Foucault, amongst many others. However, this power has also turned against archaeology, because the discipline has been dealt with...
To Be Published May 8th 2013 by Routledge
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Ruin Memories
Materialities, Aesthetics and the Archaeology of the Recent Past
Series: Archaeological Orientations
Since the 19th century, mass-production, consumerism and cycles of material replacement have accelerated; increasingly larger amounts of things are increasingly rapidly victimized and made redundant. At the same time processes of destruction have immensely intensified, although largely overlooked...
To Be Published December 30th 2013 by Routledge
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Bodies in Conflict
Corporeality, Materiality, and Transformation
To Be Published December 30th 2013 by Routledge
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Archaeology in the Making
Conversations through a Discipline
Archaeology in the Making is a collection of bold statements about archaeology, its history, how it works, and why it is more important than ever. This book comprises conversations about archaeology among some of its notable contemporary figures. They delve deeply into the questions that have come...
Published November 18th 2012 by Routledge
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Archaeology of the Immaterial
the ascetic object, disengaging the material world
The Archaeology of the Immaterial examines a highly significant but poorly understood aspect of material culture studies namely the active rejection of the material world. By this is meant a number of cultural projects, from anti-consumerism, asceticism, and other attempts to transcend material...
To Be Published September 30th 2013 by Routledge
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Relational Archaeologies
Humans, Animals, Things
Many of us accept as uncontroversial the belief that the world is comprised of detached and disparate products, all of which are reducible to certain substances. Of those things that are alive, we acknowledge that some have agency while others, such as humans, have more advanced qualities such as...
To Be Published May 28th 2013 by Routledge
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Ancient Alterity in the Andes
A Recognition of Others
Ancient Alterity in the Andes is the first major treatment on ancient alterity: how people in the past regarded others. At least since the 1970s, alterity has been an influential concept in different fields, from art history, psychology and philosophy, to linguistics and ethnography. Having gained...
Published October 23rd 2012 by Routledge
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US Cultural Diplomacy and Archaeology
Soft Power, Hard Heritage
Series: Routledge Studies in Archaeology
Archaeology’s links to international relations are well known: launching and sustaining international expeditions requires the honed diplomatic skills of ambassadors. U.S. foreign policy depends on archaeologists to foster mutual understanding, mend fences, and build bridges. This book explores how...
Published December 19th 2012 by Routledge
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Perishable Material Culture in Prehistory
Investigating the Missing Majority
To Be Published November 30th 2013 by Routledge
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Archaeology, Ritual, Religion
Series: Themes in Archaeology Series
The archaeology of religion is a much neglected area, yet religious sites and artefacts constitute a major area of archaeological evidence. Timothy Insoll presents an introductory statement on the archaeology of religion, examining what archaeology can tell us about religion, the problems of...
Published March 31st 2004 by Routledge
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The Archaeology of Personhood
An Anthropological Approach
Series: Themes in Archaeology Series
Bringing together a wealth of research in social and cultural anthropology, philosophy and related fields, this is the first book to address the contribution that an understanding of personhood can make to our interpretations of the past Applying an anthropological approach to detailed case studies...
Published April 7th 2004 by Routledge
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The Archaeology of Time
Series: Themes in Archaeology Series
It might seem obvious that time lies at the heart of archaeology, since archaeology is about the past. However, the issue of time is complicated and often problematic, and although we take it very much for granted, our understanding of time affects the way we do archaeology.This book is an...
Published December 1st 2004 by Routledge
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An Archaeology of Land Ownership
Series: Routledge Studies in Archaeology
Within archaeological studies, land tenure has been mainly studied from the viewpoint of ownership. A host of studies has argued about land ownership on the basis of the simple co-existence of artefacts on the landscape; other studies have tended to extrapolate land ownership from more indirect...
To Be Published May 15th 2013 by Routledge
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Archaeological Artefacts as Material Culture
This book is an introduction to the study of artefacts, setting them in a social context rather than using a purely scientific approach. Drawing on a range of different cultures and extensively illustrated, Archaeological Artefacts and Material Culture covers everything from recovery...
Published November 26th 2007 by Routledge
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The Archaeology of Identities
A Reader
The Archaeology of Identities brings together seventeen seminal articles from this exciting new discipline in one indispensable volume for the first time. Editor Timothy Insoll expertly selects a cross-section of contributions by leading authorities to form a comprehensive and balanced...
Published December 11th 2006 by Routledge
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Archaeological Fantasies
How Pseudoarchaeology Misrepresents the Past and Misleads the Public
This edited volume examines the phenomenon of pseudoarchaeology from a variety of perspectives. The engaging and stimulating essays, written by a diverse group of scholars, scientists and writers, explore issues including: the differences between real and pseudoarchaeology pseudoarchaeology's...
Published January 5th 2006 by Routledge
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Archaeology in the Making
Conversations through a Discipline
Archaeology in the Making is a collection of bold statements about archaeology, its history, how it works, and why it is more important than ever. This book comprises conversations about archaeology among some of its notable contemporary figures. They delve deeply into the questions that have come...
Published November 18th 2012 by Routledge
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Archaeology of Identity
Bringing together a wealth of scholarship which provides a unique integrated approach to identity, The Archaeology of Identity presents an overview of the five key areas which have recently emerged in archaeological social theory: * gender* age* ethnicity* religion * status. This excellent book...
Published November 23rd 2005 by Routledge
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Objects
Reluctant Witnesses to the Past
An invaluable field textbook, Objects examines detailed case studies to provide a brilliantly clear and comprehensible guide to the different methods and approaches (cultural, forensic, and technical) which can and have been used to study ancient artefacts. From the Bayeux Tapestry to small...
Published June 27th 2006 by Routledge
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Archaeology and Modernity
This is the first book-length study to explore the relationship between archaeology and modern thought, showing how philosophical ideas that developed in the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries still dominate our approach to the material remains of ancient societies. Addressing current debates...
Published February 25th 2004 by Routledge
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Agency in Archaeology
Agency in Archaeology is the first critical volume to scrutinise the concept of agency and to examine in-depth its potential to inform our understanding of the past. Theories of agency recognise that human beings make choices, hold intentions and take action. This offers archaeologists scope to...
Published February 9th 2000 by Routledge
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Archaeologies of Complexity
An up-to-date and critical analysis of how archaeologists study past societies, Archaeologies of Complexity addresses the nature of contemporary archaeology and the study of social change, and debates the transition from perceived simple, egalitarian societies to the complex power structures and...
Published April 9th 2003 by Routledge
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Archaeology and World Religion
Archaeology and World Religion is an important new work, being the first to examine these two vast topics together. The volume explores the relationship between, and the contribution archaeology can make to the study of 'World Religions'.The contributors consider a number of questions:* can...
Published January 31st 2001 by Routledge
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An Archaeology of Images
Iconology and Cosmology in Iron Age and Roman Europe
Using archaeology and social anthropology, and more than 100 original line drawings and photographs, An Archaeology of Images takes a fresh look at how ancient images of both people and animals were used in the Iron Age and Roman societies of Europe, 600 BC to AD 400 and investigates the various...
Published January 30th 2012 by Routledge
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The Archaeology of the Colonized
The first book to integrate fully the archaeological study of the landscape with the concerns of colonial and postcolonial history, theory and scholarship, The Archaeology of the Colonized focuses on the experience of the colonized in their landscape setting, looking at case studies from areas of...
Published June 16th 2004 by Routledge
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The Archaeology of People
Dimensions of Neolithic Life
Alasdair Whittle's new work argues powerfully for the complexity and fluidity of life in the Neolithic, through a combination of archaeological and anthropological case studies and current theoretical debate. The book ranges from the sixth to the fourth millennium BC, and from the Great Hungarian...
Published May 28th 2003 by Routledge
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Ungendering Civilization
With nine papers examining a distinct body of archaeological data, Ungendering Civilization offers a much needed scrutiny of the role of women in the evolution of states. Studying societies including Predynastic Egypt, Minoan Crete, ancient Zimbabwe and the Maya - to determine what the facts...
Published January 28th 2004 by Routledge
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Archaeologies of the Contemporary Past
Archaeologies of the Contemporary Past turns what is usually seen as a method for investigating the distant past onto the present. In doing so, it reveals fresh ways of looking both at ourselves and modern society as well as the discipline of archaeology.This volume represents the most recent...
Published January 24th 2001 by Routledge
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Theatre/Archaeology
Theatre/Archaeology is a provocative challenge to disciplinary practice and intellectual boundaries. It brings together radical proposals in both archaeological and performance theory to generate a startlingly original and intriguing methodological framework....
Published March 21st 2001 by Routledge