Eventful archaeologies : new approaches to social transformation in the archaeological record / edited by Douglas J. Bolender.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bolender, Douglas J.

Series:

University of Buffalo. Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology. Conference. IEMA proceedings ; v. 1.

IEMA proceedings ; v. 1

The Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology distinguished monograph series

Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology distinguished monograph series.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnoarchaeology--Congresses.

Ethnoarchaeology.

Social archaeology--Congresses.

Social archaeology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 243 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2010.

Summary:

The potential of events for interpreting changes in the archaeological record.

Contents:

Cascading prehistoric events : fractalizing prehistoric research / Ezra B. W. Zubrow

A paleohistorical approach to upper paleolithic structural changes / Françoise Audouze and Boris Valentin

Becoming, phenomenal change, event: past and archaeological re-presentations / Dušan Borić

Event and short-term process: times for the early neolithic of southern Britain / Alasdair Whittle, Alex Bayliss, and Frances Healy

The neolithic argonauts of the western Mediterranean and other underdetermined hypotheses of colonial encounters / Pedro Díaz-del-Río

Eventful archaeology, the Heuneburg mudbrick wall, and the early iron age of southwest Germany / Bettina Arnold

The annales, events, and the fate of cities / John Bintliff

Modeling the "Amazon" phenomenon : colonization events and gender performances / Timothy Taylor

The allure of the event in Roman provincial archaeology / Louise Revell

The AD 79 eruption of Mt. Vesuvius : a significant or insignificant event? / Penelope M. Allison

Testing eventful archaeologies: eventful archaeology and volcanic "disasters" / John P. Grattan

Events, temporalities, and landscapes in Iceland / Oscar Aldred and Gavin Lucas

Freedom as a negotiated history, or an alternative sort of event : the transformation of home, work, and self in early New York / Christopher N. Matthews

Epilogue: Archaeology and the human career : revolutions, transformations, events / Graeme Barker.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438434247

1438434243

9781441678911

1441678913

OCLC:

697829276