1st Edition

Historical Archaeology in a Nutshell

By Adrian Praetzellis Copyright 2025
188 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

188 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

188 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Historical Archaeology in a Nutshell is a textbook for students studying historical archaeology for the first time. The book presents historical archaeology’s contribution to understanding the world in a series of bite-sized, topic-specific, and intellectually contextualized chapters that do not presuppose much prior knowledge of archaeology. Each chapter covers a theme commonly explored by... Read more

List of figures; Preface and Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 What is Historical Archaeology?; Chapter 2 Culture Contact and Ethnogenesis; Chapter 3 Colonialism and Postcolonialism; Chapter 4 Diasporas and Transnationalism; Chapter 5 Historical Archaeology of Race; Chapter 6 Historical Archaeology of Religion; Chapter 7 Conflict Archaeology; Chapter 8 Industrial Archaeology; Chapter 9 Contemporary Archaeology; Chapter 10 Public Archaeology; Glossary; Index; About the author/illustrator.

Biography

Adrian Praetzellis is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at Sonoma State University in California, USA.