"Since the 19th century, mass-production, consumerism and cycles of material replacement have accelerated; increasingly larger amounts of things are increasingly rapidly victimized and made redundant. At the same time processes of destruction have immensely intensified, although…
Digs beneath the surface of war to uncover the living reality left behind. This book brings together a wealth of discoveries to offer fresh insights into the human and often barbaric aspect of warfare.
The Cambridge companion to historical archaeology
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 histor…
"This book merges bioarchaeology and historical archaeology to examine changes to diet, mortuary practices, and diseases in post-fifteenth century colonialism from a global perspective"...Provided by publisher.
This book looks at the interactions between indigenous peoples of Mediterranean Fance and Etrusdcan, Greek and Roman colonists during the first millennium BC. It focuses on material culture, urban landcapes, economic practices, and forms of violence. It shows how selective consu…
"Biography of a Hacienda is a many-voiced reconstruction of events leading up to the Mexican Revolution and its legacy that remains in the present day. Drawing on ethnohistorical, archaeological, and ethnographic data, Elizabeth Terese Newman creates a fascinating model of the i…
How can we use the past to make sense of the issues and problems that concern us in the present? Mark Leone, the leading critical theorist in historical archaeology, urges archaeologists to view their discipline as an activist pursuit. This volume is partly his autobiographical …