Comparative archaeologies : a sociological view of the science of the past / Ludomir R. Lozny, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lozny, Ludomir R.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology--Cross-cultural studies.

Archaeology.

Archaeology--Social aspects.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

xv, 852 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer, [2011]

Contents:

Archaeology in the age of globalization : local meanings, global interest / Ludomir R. Lozny

Toward a historical sociology of German archaeology / Ulrich Veit

A social history of Danish archaeology (reprint with new epilogue) / Kristian Kristiansen

Being through the past : reflections on Swedish archaeology and heritage management / Johan Hegardt and Anna Källén

Oscillating between national and international : the case of Finnish archaeology / Visa Immonen and J.-P. Taavitsainen

Contemporary Polish archaeology in global context / Arkadiusz Marciniak

Polish archaeology in retrospective / Ludomir R. Lozny

Archaeology in a middle country / Silvia Tomášková

A panorama of social archaeology in Russia / Nikolay N. Kradin

Dig up-dig in : practice and theory in Hungarian archaeology / László Bartosiewicz, Dóra Mérai, and Péter Csippán

Archaeology in the new countries of southeastern Europe : a historical perspective / Predrag Novaković

The archaeology of Israel and Palestine / David B. Small

Archaeology and politics in Argentina during the last 50 years / Gustavo G. Politis and Rafael Pedro Curtoni

"Silent and alone" : how the ruins of Palenque were taught to speak the language of archaeology / Irina Podgorny

The past and the revolutionary interpretation of the present : our experience of social archaeology, 33 years later / Mario Sanoja Obediente and Iraida Vargas-Arenas

Peruvian archaeology : its growth, characteristics, practice, and challenge / Izumi Shimada and Rafael Vega-Centeno

The agency of academic archaeology in Colombia / Augusto Oyuela-Caycedo and Alejandro Dever

Colonialism and the history of archaeology in the Spanish Caribbean / L. Antonio Curet

Practice of archaeology in contemporary Japan / Fumiko Ikawa-Smith

Contemporary archaeology as a global dialogue : reflections from Southeast Asia / Rasmi Shoocongdej

Pacific Islands archaeology / Frank R. Thomas

The status of archaeology and anthropology in Southern Africa today : Namibia as example / Beatrice H. Sandelowsky

Excavating the history of archaeology in Malawi / Yusuf M. Juwayeyi

The practice of archaeology in Nigeria / C.A. Folorunso.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

1441982248

9781441982247

OCLC:

690089613

Publisher Number:

99945777485