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Encyclopedia of Archaeology, Second Edition, Three Volume Set
covers the standing of archaeology as a scientific discipline, how
archaeology is practiced, both in the field and in the lab,
provides an archaeological geographical overview encompassing all
continents and time periods, and covers the role of archaeology in
the modern world. This clearly structured thematic manner ensures a
well-balanced presentation of the discipline across the world by
the people who perform and experience archaeology as native
scholars. Led by a brand new international editorial team, this
book contains approximately 250 articles. From using home kits to
analyze our DNA and find our ancestors’ origin, to walking among
ancient monuments embedded in modern cityscapes, visiting museums
and archaeological sites, watching adventure movies, or playing
video games about mummies coming to life, archaeology touches on
many aspects of our everyday life.
Using a combination of historical, archaeological, and scientific
data is not an uncommon research practice. Rarely found, however,
is a more overt critical consideration of how these sources of
information relate to each other, or explicit attempts at
developing successful strategies for interdisciplinary work. The
authors in this volume provide such critical perspectives,
examining materials from a wide range of cultures and time periods
to demonstrate the added value of combining in their research
seemingly incompatible or even contradictory sources. Case studies
include explorations of the symbolism of flint knives in ancient
Egypt, the meaning of cuneiform glass texts, medieval metallurgical
traditions, and urban archaeology at industrial sites. This volume
is noteworthy, as it offers novel contributions to specific topics,
as well as fundamental reflections on the problems and potentials
of the interdisciplinary study of the human past.
Using a combination of historical, archaeological, and scientific
data is not an uncommon research practice. Rarely found, however,
is a more overt critical consideration of how these sources of
information relate to each other, or explicit attempts at
developing successful strategies for interdisciplinary work. The
authors in this volume provide such critical perspectives,
examining materials from a wide range of cultures and time periods
to demonstrate the added value of combining in their research
seemingly incompatible or even contradictory sources. Case studies
include explorations of the symbolism of flint knives in ancient
Egypt, the meaning of cuneiform glass texts, medieval metallurgical
traditions, and urban archaeology at industrial sites. This volume
is noteworthy, as it offers novel contributions to specific topics,
as well as fundamental reflections on the problems and potentials
of the interdisciplinary study of the human past.
The Rise of Metallurgy in Eurasia is a landmark study in the
origins of metallurgy. The project aimed to trace the invention and
innovation of metallurgy in the Balkans. It combined targeted
excavations and surveys with extensive scientific analyses at two
Neolithic-Chalcolithic copper production and consumption sites,
Belovode and Plocnik, in Serbia. At Belovode, the project revealed
chronologically and contextually secure evidence for copper
smelting in the 49th century BC. This confirms the earlier
interpretation of c. 7000-year-old metallurgy at the site, making
it the earliest record of fully developed metallurgical activity in
the world. However, far from being a rare and elite practice,
metallurgy at both Belovode and Plocnik is demonstrated to have
been a common and communal craft activity. This monograph reviews
the pre-existing scholarship on early metallurgy in the Balkans. It
subsequently presents detailed results from the excavations,
surveys and scientific analyses conducted at Belovode and Plocnik.
These are followed by new and up-to-date regional syntheses by
leading specialists on the Neolithic-Chalcolithic material culture,
technologies, settlement and subsistence practices in the Central
Balkans. Finally, the monograph places the project results in the
context of major debates surrounding early metallurgy in Eurasia
before proposing a new agenda for global early metallurgy studies.
These twenty papers dedicated to Mike Tite focus upon the
interpretation of ancient artefacts and technologies, particularly
through the application of materials analysis. Instruments from the
human eye to mass spectrometry provide insights into a range of
technologies ranging from classical alum extraction to Bronze Age
wall painting, and cover materials as diverse as niello, flint,
bronze, glass and ceramic. Ranging chronologically from the
Neolithic through to the medieval period, and geographically from
Britain to China, these case studies provide a rare overview which
will be of value to students, teachers and researchers with an
interest in early material culture.
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