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The History of Archaeology as a ‘Colonial Discourse’

open access: yesBulletin of the History of Archaeology, 2006
During the greater part of the twentieth century, the history of archaeology promoted an idealized image of archaeological practice in colonized places.
Oscar Moro-Abadía
doaj   +1 more source

Sea-level rise and archaeological site destruction: An example from the southeastern United States using DINAA (Digital Index of North American Archaeology)

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2017
The impact of changing climate on terrestrial and underwater archaeological sites, historic buildings, and cultural landscapes can be examined through quantitatively-based analyses encompassing large data samples and broad geographic and temporal scales.
David G. Anderson   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Multi‐Method Geophysical Surveys Between and Around the Kerlescan and the Manio Megalithic Alignments in Carnac (Morbihan, France)

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Carnac alignments in Morbihan (France) are among the most famous Neolithic sites of the world. Paradoxically, they have benefited little from a thorough renewal of archaeological data over the past century. There are many reasons for this, but it is mainly because the site has been regarded more as a monument to visit and protect than as ...
Guillaume Bruniaux   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dever\u27s The lives of ordinary people in ancient Israel: Where archaeology and the Bible intersect (Book Review)

open access: yes, 2016
A review of Dever, W. G. (2012). The lives of ordinary people in ancient Israel: Where archaeology and the Bible intersect. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. 436 pp. $17.05.
Kempa, Kathleen
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Media Archaeology

open access: yesArtnodes, 2018
Over the last decade or so, scholars in several disciplines have embarked on a series of media-archaeological excavations, sifting through the layers of early and obsolete practices and technologies of communication.
A. Galloway
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Layout and Size of an Early Pre‐Pottery Neolithic B Small Settlement Revealed by Geophysical Prospection at Harbetsuvan Tepesi in Southeastern Anatolia

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Upper Mesopotamia, the transition from the Pre‐Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) to Pre‐Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) period, ca. 10 800–10 600 cal. BP, is marked by a series of changes in chipped stone industries, architectural forms, symbolic objects, regional distribution of settlements and long‐distance exchange networks among others.
Toshihiro Tada   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Archaeology of Eastern North America: Papers in Honor of Stephen Williams, edited by James B. Stoltman. Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Archaeological Report No. 25, Jackson, MS, 1993

open access: yesBulletin of the History of Archaeology, 1995
This well-produced volume honors Stephen Williams, recently retired Peabody Professor of American Archaeology at Harvard University. Section one, on Williams' life, career, and publications, is of most interest to readers of BHA.
Andrew L. Christenson
doaj   +1 more source

Foucault's Archaeology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This book provides a new perspective on Foucault’s The Archaeology of Knowledge by revealing the extent to which its approach to language was influenced by the mathematical sciences. Setting out this background to Foucault’s analysis makes The Archaeology of Knowledge both accessible in a new way, and relevant to issues that are at the heart of much ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Towards an Archaeology of the Contemporary Past [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Archaeology, defined as the study of material culture, extends from the first preserved human artefacts up to the present day, and in recent years the ‘Archaeology of the Present’ has become a particular focus of research.
Buchli, V
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A Geomorphometric Approach to Estimate the Deterioration of Earthen Archaeological Sites by Rainfall and Diffusion Processes: The Huaca Chornancap (Eighth–14th Century ad), Lambayeque, Peru

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rain‐induced erosion processes can severely damage Earthen archaeological sites. Huaca Chornancap (HCH; eighth–14th century ad) is a platform located in the Lambayeque region (Peru) exposed to seasonal rain due to El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO).
Luigi Magnini   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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