Back in print, Overlay is Lucy Lippard’s classic book on contemporary art and its connection to prehistoric sites and symbols. Viewed by critics, artists, art historians, and students as the essential text on how prehistoric images have been “overlayed” onto contemporary art by …
The Mississippian frontier in southwestern Virginia is a relatively unexplored area. This area was occupied by Mississippian and Radford locals, creating a crossroads between the two groups. The Ely Mound site is a Mississippian frontier site that can help understand the influen…
The Levant (Israel and Jordan) has a long history of human occupation. Archaeological sites in the region demonstrate this history as one of continuous change. The focus on understanding this history of change is most pronounced in the overriding interest in the transition from …
The present research involves the application of geoarchaeological theory and methods to the archaeological record of northern Jordan. A geoarchaeological survey conducted in 2000 and 2001 focussed on documenting and sampling ancient river terraces in Wadi Ziqlab, Jordan. It aim…
Mobility models play a crucial role in the reconstruction of prehistoric behavior that led to the development of sedentary communities and food-production in Southwest Asia. This project has been designed to evaluate current approaches to reconstructing hunter-gatherer mobility …
Archaeologists have long held that changing patterns of settlement within a region reflect the changing social organization of Its human population, but they have had little success developing general theory to explain or otherwise make use of this relationship. Much of this dif…
The pastoral complex is one of the four main food-producing systems of contemporary Ethiopia. Unfortunately archaeological research into the origins of pastoralism in Ethiopia in general and southern Ethiopia in particular has for various reasons, not kept pace with surrounding …