Questioning Hybridity -- Cultural Hybridity -- Circulating Objects and the Power of Hybridization as a Localizing Strategy -- The Agony of the Signified. Within the context of globalization, cultural transformations are increasingly analyzed as hybridization processes. Hybridit…
This book explores the diverse understandings of the archaeological record in both historical and contemporary perspective, while also serving as a guide to reassessing current views. Gavin Lucas argues that archaeological theory has become both too fragmented and disconnected f…
"The field of Luminescence Dating has reached a level of maturity. Both research and applications from all fields of archaeological science, from archaeological materials to anthropology and geoarchaeology, now routinely employ luminescence dating. The advent of optically stimul…
"Contains twenty-three papers on Cypriot and Mediterranean archaeology that compare and contrast the material culture associated with metallurgical workshops, as well as discussing technological issues and their cultural and archaeological contexts"--Provided by publisher.
This book offers contributions ranging from studies of hunter-gatherer camp organization to the use of space in Classical and Medieval worlds.
