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The Routledge Handbook of Global Historical Archaeology is a
multi-authored compendium of articles on specific topics of
interest to today's historical archaeologists, offering
perspectives on the current state of research and collectively
outlining future directions for the field. The broad range of
topics covered in this volume allows for specificity within
individual chapters, while building to a cumulative overview of the
field of historical archaeology as it stands, and where it could go
next. Archaeological research is discussed in the context of
current sociological concerns, different approaches and techniques
are assessed, and potential advances are posited. This is a
comprehensive treatment of the sub-discipline, engaging key
contemporary debates, and providing a series of
specially-commissioned geographical overviews to complement the
more theoretical explorations. This book is designed to offer a
starting point for students who may wish to pursue particular
topics in more depth, as well as for non-archaeologists who have an
interest in historical archaeology. Archaeologists, historians,
preservationists, and all scholars interested in the role
historical archaeology plays in illuminating daily life during the
past five centuries will find this volume engaging and
enlightening.
The Routledge Handbook of Global Historical Archaeology is a
multi-authored compendium of articles on specific topics of
interest to today's historical archaeologists, offering
perspectives on the current state of research and collectively
outlining future directions for the field. The broad range of
topics covered in this volume allows for specificity within
individual chapters, while building to a cumulative overview of the
field of historical archaeology as it stands, and where it could go
next. Archaeological research is discussed in the context of
current sociological concerns, different approaches and techniques
are assessed, and potential advances are posited. This is a
comprehensive treatment of the sub-discipline, engaging key
contemporary debates, and providing a series of
specially-commissioned geographical overviews to complement the
more theoretical explorations. This book is designed to offer a
starting point for students who may wish to pursue particular
topics in more depth, as well as for non-archaeologists who have an
interest in historical archaeology. Archaeologists, historians,
preservationists, and all scholars interested in the role
historical archaeology plays in illuminating daily life during the
past five centuries will find this volume engaging and
enlightening.
This collection of essays draws inspiration from the late James
Deetz's In Small Things Forgotten (1977). Deetz's seminal work
broke new ground by using structuralist theory to show how
artefacts reflected the 'worldviews' or ideologies of their makers
and users, and went on to claim that the American colonial world
had been structured according to a British intellectual blueprint,
the so-called 'Georgian Order'. Thirty years on, this influential
thesis has been substantially revised by more recent scholarship,
but Deetz's central premise, that the systematic study of mundane
material objects such as tombstones, architecture, and furniture,
can render palpable the intangible aspects of human cognition and
belief systems, has become a fundamental tenet of modern historical
archaeology. Drawing upon James Deetz's insight that everyday
objects from the recent past are freighted with social
significance, and that material culture operates alongside language
as a system of communication, the authors present a series of case
studies which unravel specific cultural moments in well-documented
historical periods across the modern world. The very best
historical archaeologies create intimate material histories that
expose constructions of race, class, gender, and have the capacity
to challenge taken-for-granted knowledge and received political
histories. The studies in this volume range in date from the early
17th century to the late 20th century and are unified by the way in
which they employ theory from archaeology and anthropology to
elucidate the complex links between human thought and action. The
authors in this volume make a significant contribution to
archaeological knowledge through their ability to move beyond
simple materialities to create interesting human stories that
transcend purely descriptive show-and-tell accounts of
archaeological sites. Chapters by international scholars from North
America, Europe, and Australia demonstrate the vitality of their
approaches to historical archaeology through a series of compelling
case studies. For the first time to an Anglophone audience this
volume presents the latest research from Finland and Spain.
This volume is based on a session at a 2005 Society for
Historical Archaeology meeting. The organizers assembled historical
archaeologists from the UK and the US, whose work arises out of
differing intellectual traditions. The authors exchange ideas about
what their colleagues have written, and construct dialogues about
theories and practices that inform interpretive archaeology on
either side of the Atlantic, ending with commentary by two
well-known names in interpretive archaeology.
Eleanor Conlin Casella and James Symonds th The essays in this book
are adapted from papers presented at the 24 Annual Conference of
the Theoretical Archaeology Group, held at the University of
Manchester, in December 2002. The conference session "An Industrial
Revolution? Future Directions for Industrial Arch- ology," was
jointly devised by the editors, and sponsored by English Heritage,
with the intention of gathering together leading industrial and
historical archaeologists from around the world. Speakers were
asked to consider aspects of contemporary theory and practice, as
well as possible future directions for the study of
industrialisation and - dustrial societies. It perhaps ?tting that
this meeting was convened in Manchester, which has a rich
industrial heritage, and has recently been proclaimed as the
"archetype" city of the industrial revolution (McNeil and George,
2002). However, just as Manchester is being transformed by reg-
eration, shaking off many of the negative connotations associated
st with factory-based industrial production, and remaking itself as
a 21 century city, then so too, is the archaeological study of
industrialisation being transformed. In the most recent overview of
industrial archaeology in the UK, Sir Neil Cossons cautioned that
industrial archaeology risked becoming a "one generation subject,"
that stood on the edge of oblivion, alongside th the mid-20 century
pursuit of folklife studies (Cossons 2000:13). It is to be hoped
that the papers in this volume demonstrate that this will not be
the case.
Eleanor Conlin Casella and James Symonds th The essays in this book
are adapted from papers presented at the 24 Annual Conference of
the Theoretical Archaeology Group, held at the University of
Manchester, in December 2002. The conference session "An Industrial
Revolution? Future Directions for Industrial Arch- ology," was
jointly devised by the editors, and sponsored by English Heritage,
with the intention of gathering together leading industrial and
historical archaeologists from around the world. Speakers were
asked to consider aspects of contemporary theory and practice, as
well as possible future directions for the study of
industrialisation and - dustrial societies. It perhaps ?tting that
this meeting was convened in Manchester, which has a rich
industrial heritage, and has recently been proclaimed as the
"archetype" city of the industrial revolution (McNeil and George,
2002). However, just as Manchester is being transformed by reg-
eration, shaking off many of the negative connotations associated
st with factory-based industrial production, and remaking itself as
a 21 century city, then so too, is the archaeological study of
industrialisation being transformed. In the most recent overview of
industrial archaeology in the UK, Sir Neil Cossons cautioned that
industrial archaeology risked becoming a "one generation subject,"
that stood on the edge of oblivion, alongside th the mid-20 century
pursuit of folklife studies (Cossons 2000:13). It is to be hoped
that the papers in this volume demonstrate that this will not be
the case.
This book offers new insights into the mechanisms of state control,
systematic repression and mass violence focused on ethnic,
political, class, and religious minorities in the recent past. The
geographical and temporal scope of the volume breaks new ground as
international scholars foreground how contemporary archaeology can
be used to enhance the documentation and interpretation of
totalitarian and authoritarian regimes, to advance theoretical
approaches to atrocities, and to broaden public understandings of
how such regimes use violence and repression to hold on to power.
This book offers new insights into the mechanisms of state control,
systematic repression and mass violence focused on ethnic,
political, class, and religious minorities in the recent past. The
geographical and temporal scope of the volume breaks new ground as
international scholars foreground how contemporary archaeology can
be used to enhance the documentation and interpretation of
totalitarian and authoritarian regimes, to advance theoretical
approaches to atrocities, and to broaden public understandings of
how such regimes use violence and repression to hold on to power.
This volume is based on a session at a 2005 Society for
Historical Archaeology meeting. The organizers assembled historical
archaeologists from the UK and the US, whose work arises out of
differing intellectual traditions. The authors exchange ideas about
what their colleagues have written, and construct dialogues about
theories and practices that inform interpretive archaeology on
either side of the Atlantic, ending with commentary by two
well-known names in interpretive archaeology.
This collection of essays draws inspiration from the late James
Deetz's In Small Things Forgotten (1977). Deetz's seminal work
broke new ground by using structuralist theory to show how
artefacts reflected the `worldviews' or idealogies of their makers
and users, and claimed that the American colonial world had been
structured according to a British intellectual blueprint, the
so-called `Georgian Order'. His central premise, that the
systematic study of mundane material objects such as tombstones,
architecture, and furniture, can render palpable the intangible
aspects of human cognition and belief systems, has become a
fundamental tenet of modern historical archaeology. Drawing on
James Deetz's insight that everyday objects from the recent past
are `freighted with social significance' and that material culture
operates alongside language as a system of communication, this book
unravels specific cultural moments in well-documented historical
periods across the modern world. These studies range from the early
17th century to the late 20th century and employ theory from
archaeology and anthropology to elucidate the complex links between
human thought and action. The authors, drawn from North America,
Europe, and Australia, make a significant contribution to
archaeological knowledge, moving beyond simple materialities to
create human stories that transcend purely descriptive
show-and-tell accounts of archaeological sites and allow
taken-for-granted constructions of race, class and gender to be
probed and challenged.
For more than 250 years the name Sheffield was synonymous with the
cutlery industry, although archaeological evidence shows that the
industry goes back as far as the 12th century. With many of the
buildings rapidly disappearing or being redeveloped, aside from
those that have already been destroyed, this type of publication
forms a vital record of an important part of industrial England.
The contributors to this volume look at the development of the
industry in the 18th century, the production of cutlery and
flatware, forks and spoons, the organisation of the labour and
working practices, and the geographical and structural development
of workshops and other buildings associated with the industry.
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