Theory, method, and practice in modern archaeology / edited by Robert J. Jeske and Douglas K. Charles.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jeske, Robert J., 1956-

Charles, Douglas K., 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brown, James Allison, 1934-.

Archaeology--Philosophy.

Archaeology.

Archaeology--Methodology.

Archaeology--Fieldwork.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Excavations (Archaeology)--North America.

Prehistoric peoples.

Prehistoric peoples--North America.

Indians of North America--Antiquities.

Indians of North America.

Brown, James Allison, 1934---Influence.

Brown, James Allison.

North America.

Physical Description:

xvi, 392 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.

Contents:

Part I Mortuary Studies

1 Other Archaeologies and Disciplines: Mortuary Analysis in the Twenty-First Century / Robert Chapman 3

2 Making Sense of Mortuary Practices? Chinchorro Mummies and the Archaic Period on the South-Central Andean Coast / Karen Wise 14

3 Embodied Traditions: The Chachapoya and Inka Ancestors / Jane E. Buikstra, Kenneth C. Nystrom 29

Part II Foraging and Horticultural Societies

4 Emerging Ideas about Complexity Emerging / T. Douglas Price 51

5 Figuring Out "What Happened in the Middle Archaic?" / David L. Carlson 68

6 Chronological Relationships among Ohio Hopewell Sites: Few Dates and Much Complexity / N'omi B. Greber 88

7 Archaeology as Cultural Encounter: The Legacy of Hopewell / Cynthia Van Gilder, Douglas K. Charles 114

Part III Mississippian Societies

8 Archaeological Indicators of Rank in the Cahokia Chiefdom / George R. Milner 133

9 Mississippian Period Warfare and Palisade Construction at Cahokia / Mary Beth D. Trubitt 149

10 Death and Ritual in Early Rural Cahokia / Thomas E. Emerson, Eve A. Hargrave, Kristin Hedman 163

11 Spiro Painted Maces and Shell Cups: The Scientific Use of Artifacts without Context / April K. Sievert 182

Part IV Upper Mississippian and Historic Societies

12 An Interpretation of Late Prehistoric Cultural Developments in the Eastern Ozarks / Mark J. Lynott 197

13 Temporal, Spatial, and Social Trends: Late Prehistoric and Protohistoric Group Interaction / M. Catherine Bird 212

14 Lithic Raw Material Procurement and Use within Mississippian Social Networks / Robert J. Jeske 223

15 Rethinking Jean Nicolet's Route to the Ho-Chunks in 1634 / Robert L. Hall 238

16 Agricultural Places and the Oneota Lifeway in Wisconsin / Robert F. Sasso 252

Part V Methods and Theory

17 Sacred Sites and Profane Conflicts: The Use of Burial Facilities and Other Sacred Locations as Territorial Markers

Ethnographic Evidence / Lawrence A. Kuznar 269

18 "Like Everywhere You've Never Been": Archaeological Fables from Papua New Guinea / Robin Torrence 287

19 Teaching Ethics by Example: Archaeological Research and Graduate Training / Lynne Goldstein 301.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [309]-367) and index.

ISBN:

089789748X

OCLC:

50477146