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Historical geography III: hope persists [PDF]
The final report in this series focuses on the emerging intersections between historical geography, archaeology and the law. Whilst staying attuned to the darkest of geographies emerging from the sub-field, this report turns its attention to the ...
McGeachan, Cheryl
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Siteless Survey and Intensive Data Collection in an Artifact-rich Environment: Case Studies from the Eastern Corinthia, Greece [PDF]
Archaeological survey in the eastern Mediterranean has become increasingly intensive over the last 20 years, producing greater and more diverse data for smaller units of space.
David K. Pettegrew +2 more
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The Communist Way: a Look upon Soviet Archaeology in Occupied Latvia
This article examines the history of archaeology in Latvia during the Soviet occupation (1940–1941; 1944–1991), trying to understand the consequences brought in the field of archaeology by the single-party led experiment of communism.
Zenta Broka-Lāce
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Is There Such a Thing as Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology?
This paper examines two related questions: firstly, whether there is a distinctive field of practice that might be called “hunter-gatherer archaeology” and which is different than other kinds of archaeology, and secondly, how such a claim might be ...
Graeme Warren
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Trying to break new ground in aerial archaeology [PDF]
Aerial reconnaissance continues to be a vital tool for landscape-oriented archaeological research. Although a variety of remote sensing platforms operate within the earth’s atmosphere, the majority of aerial archaeological information is still derived ...
Sevara, Christopher, Verhoeven, Geert
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he Digital Archaeological Process (DAP) programme was initiated by the Swedish National Heritage Board in order to create a more seamless process for storing and sharing digital information generated through archaeological surveys and excavations.
Åsa M. Larsson +3 more
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Towards an archaeology of rubber
This article aims to address the impacts of rubber via historical and contemporary archaeology of the Amazon. Through an “archaeology of rubber” a notion of modernity is examined here.
Tiago Silva Alves Muniz
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Writing has often been put forth as one indicator of civilization. This correspondence dovetails with the even broader cross-species expectation that the degrees of social complexity and levels of computational communication should closely correlate ...
Gary M. Feinman, David M. Carballo
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The Professionalisation of Science – Claim and Refusal: Discipline Building and Ideals of Scientific Autonomy in the Growth of Prehistoric Archaeology. The Case of Georges Laplace's Group of Typologie Analytique, 1950s–1990s [PDF]
The majority of analyses investigating the professionalisation of scientific domains tend to assume the linear and general features of this transformation.
Plutniak, Sébastien
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Straw Boats and the Proverbial Sea: A Response to 'Island Archaeology: In Search of a New Horizon' [PDF]
In a recent ISJ paper, “Island Archaeology: In Search of a New Horizon”, Boomert and Bright (2007) argue that the field of “island archaeology” should be replaced by an “archaeology of maritime identity”.
Scott M. Fitzpatrick +3 more
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