Historical Archaeology (eBook)

Martin Hall is Deputy Vice Chancellor and former Professor of Historical Archaeology, University of Cape Town. Stephen W. Silliman is Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts, Boston.

List of Figures.

Notes on Contributors.

Acknowledgments.

1. Introduction: Archaeology of the Modern World. (Martin Hall
and Stephen W. Silliman).

Part I: Dimensions of Practice.

2. Environments of History: Biological Dimensions of Historical
Archaeology. (Stephen A. Mrozowski).

3. Material Culture and Text: Exploring the Spaces Within and
Between. (Patricia Galloway).

4. The Place of Space: Architecture, Landscape, and Social Life.
(Elizabeth P. Pauls).

5. Critical Archaeology: Politics Past and Present. (Matthew M.
Palus , Mark P. Leone and Matthew D. Cochran).

Part II: Themes in Interpretation.

6. Engendered Archaeology: Women, Men, and Others. (Barbara L.
Voss).

7. Ideology and the Material Culture of Life and Death. (Heather
Burke).

8. Struggling with Labor, Working with Identities. (Stephen W.
Silliman).

9. Exploring the Institution: Reform, Confinement, Social
Change. (Lu Ann De Cunzo).

10. A Class All Its Own: Explorations of Class Formation and
Conflict. (LouAnn Wurst).

Part III: World Systems and Local Living.

11. Conquistadors, Plantations, and Quilombo: Latin America in
Historical Archaeological Context. Pedro Funari
(DH/IFCH/Unicamp).

12. Gold, Black Ivory, and Houses of Stone: Historical
Archaeology in Africa. (Innocent Pikirayi).

13. Becoming American: Small Things Remembered. (Diana DiPaolo
Loren and Mary C. Beaudry).

14. Mission, Gold, Furs, and Manifest Destiny: Rethinking an
Archaeology of Colonialism for Western North America. (Kent G.
Lightfoot).

15. Pacific Encounters, or Beyond the Islands of History. (Jane
Lydon).

16. The Tide Reversed: Prospects and Potentials for a
Postcolonial Archaeology of Europe. (Matthew Johnson).

Index

"This book should be essential reading (and reference) for any
student of historical archaeology but even more than that it should
be essential reading for all non-historical archaeology
archaeologists so that they can understand what it is that we
actually do!" (Australian Archaeology)

"Historical Archaeology is a deservedly self-assured,
forward-looking book that insightfully frames many contemporary
issues in ways that will stimulate ongoing research and assist a
generation of students to become contributors to the goal of
developing a global historical archaeology. It should make its way
to the top of your pile of things to read." (Northeast
Historical Archaeology)

"Reveals the discipline flourished with international growth,
acquiring sophistication associated with the best works by
archaeologists. This textbook is a major step ... essential
reading for students, teachers, and archaeologists worldwide."
(American Antiquity)

"Historical Archaeology presents an impressive and
definitive overview of the field. Many voices speak here from
around the world, and from across the breadth of topics that drive
historical archaeology today."

--Randall McGuire, Binghamton University, SUNY

"Hall and Silliman have assembled a compelling summation of
historical archaeology. This collection goes beyond description to
tackle important issues that are currently being debated in the
discipline. Historical Archaeology will stimulate discussion
about the direction of the field and should become a standard
text."

--Paul Shackel, University of Maryland