Archaeologies of Rules and Regulation
Subtitle: Between Text and Practice
Publisher: Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9781785337659
Subjects: Social archaeology
Description: How can we study the impact of rules on the lives of past people using archaeological evidence? To answer this question, Archaeologies of Rules and Regulation presents case studies drawn from across Europe and the United States. Covering areas as diverse as the use of space in a nineteenth-century U.S. Army camp, the deposition of waste in medieval towns, the experiences of Swedish migrants to North America, the relationship between people and animals in Anglo-Saxon England, these case studies explore the use of archaeological evidence in understanding the relationship between rules, lived experience, and social identity.