The Cambridge Companion to Historical Archaeology
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780521619622
Copyright date: 2006 Cambridge University Press
Description: The Cambridge Companion to Historical Archaeology provides an overview of the international field of historical archaeology (c. AD 1500 to the present) through seventeen specially-commissioned essays from leading researchers in the field. The volume explores key themes in historical archaeology including documentary archaeology, the writing of historical archaeology, colonialism, capitalism, industrial archaeology, maritime archaeology, cultural resource management and urban archaeology. Three special sections explore the distinctive contributions of material culture studies, landscape archaeology and the archaeology of buildings and the household. Drawing on case studies from North America, Europe, Australasia, Africa and around the world, the volume captures the breadth and diversity of contemporary historical archaeology, considers archaeology's relationship with history, cultural anthropology and other periods of archaeological study, and provides clear introductions to alternative conceptions of the field. This book is essential reading for anyone studying or researching the material remains of the recent past.
Notes: Publisher's site: http://cambridge.org/9780521619622
Table of contents: title: List of figures
pagenum: xi; title: List of tables
pagenum: xi; title: List of contributors
pagenum: xii; title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: xiv; title: List of abbreviations
pagenum: xv; label: 1
title: Introduction: The Place of Historical Archaeology (Dan Hicks and Mary C. Beaudry)
pagenum: 1; label: Part I
title: Archaeology and History
pagenum: 13; label: 2
title: Documentary archaeology (Laurie A. Wilkie)
pagenum: 13; label: 3
title: Historical archaeology and time (Gavin Lucas)
pagenum: 34; label: 4
title: Writing historical archaeology (Rosemary Joyce)
pagenum: 48; label: Part II
title: Key Themes in Historical Archaeology
pagenum: 69; label: 5
title: Historical archaeology and colonialism (Susan Lawrence and Nick Shepherd)
pagenum: 69; label: 6
title: Urban historical archaeology (Tadhg O’Keeffe and Rebecca Yamin)
pagenum: 87; label: 7
title: Archaeology, heritage and the recent and contemporary past (John Schofield and William Gray Johnson)
pagenum: 104; label: 8
title: Marxism and capitalism in historical archaeology (Randall McGuire)
pagenum: 123; label: 9
title: Historical archaeology and industrialisation (James Symonds and Eleanor C. Casella)
pagenum: 143; label: 10
title: Historical maritime archaeology (Joe Flatman and Mark Staniforth)
pagenum: 168; label: Part III
title: Historical Archaeology and Material Culture
pagenum: 191; label: 11
title: Material culture studies and historical archaeology (Matthew D. Cochran and Mary C. Beaudry)
pagenum: 191; label: 12
title: Ceramic studies in historical archaeology (David Barker and Teresita Majewski)
pagenum: 205; label: Part IV
title: Historical Archaeology and Landscapes
pagenum: 235; label: 13
title: Landscapes and memories (Cornelius Holtorf and Howard Williams)
pagenum: 235; label: 14
title: Landscapes, ideology and experience in historical archaeology (Lu Ann De Cunzo and Julie H. Ernstein)
pagenum: 255; label: Part V
title: Historical Archaeology and Buildings
pagenum: 273; label: 15
title: Historical archaeology and buildings (Dan Hicks and Audrey Horning)
pagenum: 273; label: 16
title: Household archaeology, identities and biographies (Julia A. King)
pagenum: 293; label: 17
title: Afterword: historical archaeology in the wider discipline (Barry Cunliffe)
pagenum: 314; title: References
pagenum: 320; title: Index
pagenum: 386