What is evidence in qualitative inquiry and how is it evaluated? What is true or false in research is strongly influenced by socially defined criteria and by the politics of academia. In providing a
Domingo Sanz (archaeology, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia), Fiore (National Council of Scientific Research, Argentina) and May (Centre for Public Culture and Ideas, Griffith University, Quee
The contributors of these 15 papers assert that archaeologists must rework their thinking as professionals and become active agents of change. They charge that the heritage of individuals and communit
Archaeologists have been developing artifact typologies to understand cultural categories for as long as the discipline has existed. Dwight Read examines these attempts to systematize the cultural dom
In this innovative contribution to the study of food, gender, and power, Helen Vallianatos meticulously documents cultural values and beliefs, dietary practaices, and the nutritional and health status
Final report of a key set of archaeological surveys in a previously unstudied area of eastern Iran by one of the pioneer archaeologists of this region.
The Smithsonian Institution’s River Basin Surveys and the Interagency Archeological Salvage Program were the most ambitious archaeological projects ever undertaken in the United States. Administered b
This engaging volume reveals how politics permeates all facets of museum practice, particularly in regions of political conflict. In these settings, museums can be extraordinarily influential for shap
The first edition of Anthropology and Climate Change (2009) pioneered the study of climate change through the lens of anthropology, covering the relation between human cultures and the environment fro
The first edition of Anthropology and Climate Change (2009) pioneered the study of climate change through the lens of anthropology, covering the relation between human cultures and the environment fro
This absorbing volume examines the cultural role of rock art for the Apsaalooke, or Crow, people of the northern Great Plains. Their extensive rock art developed within the changing cultural life of t
This pragmatic guide to consultation in cultural heritage and environmental impact management distills decades of experience by two of the leading figures in this area. Claudia Nissley and Tom King re
This pragmatic guide to consultation in cultural heritage and environmental impact management distills decades of experience by two of the leading figures in this area. Claudia Nissley and Tom King re
Kids on YouTube goes beyond the hype about ?digital youth”, using fine-grained ethnographic studies to describe the collaborative social networks kids use to negotiate identities and develop digital l
This book is a concise intellectual biography of Harold Garfinkel, a key figure in 20th-century social science, and a basic description of ethnomethodology, a research tradition that he created.
This book is a concise intellectual biography of Harold Garfinkel, a key figure in 20th-century social science, and a basic description of ethnomethodology, a research tradition that he created.
How can museums capture visitors’ attention? And how can their attention be sustained? In this important volume, leading visitor researcher and educational psychologist Stephen Bitgood proposes a mode
How can museums capture visitors’ attention? And how can their attention be sustained? In this important volume, leading visitor researcher and educational psychologist Stephen Bitgood proposes a mode
Intended for archeologists, this identification guide describes the morphological attributes of 154 Olivella shell beads traded among Californian Indian tribes and differentiates the nuances that can
Olivella shell beads are ubiquitous at Central California Indian sites and were traded far inland by the local inhabitants. Their distinctive patterns of manufacture provide archaeologists with import
Khat, marijuana, peyote—are these dangerous drugs or vilified plants with rich cultural and medical values? In this book, Lisa Gezon brings the drug debate into the 21st century, proposing criteria
"There has been a paradigm shift in recent years away from viewing AIDS prevention in Africa purely as technology transfer, toward understanding HIV prevention more as an issue of behavior change with
AIDS, Behavior, and Culture presents a bold challenge to the prevailing wisdom of “the global AIDS industry” and offers an alternative framework for understanding what works in HIV prevention. Arguing
"A well-illustrated guide to the recovery, analysis and description of archaeological basketry specimens. This manual in archaeology succinctly defines basketry and briefly treats field and laboratory
African Americans and others in the African diaspora have increasingly "come home" to Africa to visit the sites at which their ancestors were enslaved and shipped. In this nuanced analysis of homecom
George Frison’s Prehistoric Hunters on the High Plains has been the standard text on Plains prehistory since its first publication in 1978, influencing generations of archaeologists. Now, a thi
In this literary, co-constructed narrative, two Brazilian scholars explore the spaces in-between”between their own biographies, one raised privileged, the other poor; between the ex
The first book to comprehensively assess anthropology’s engagement with climate change, this pioneering volume both maps out exciting trajectories for research and issues a call to action. Chapters in
The first book to comprehensively assess anthropology’s engagement with climate change, this pioneering volume both maps out exciting trajectories for research and issues a call to action. Chapters in
"A kinaesthetic approach, one that uses the full body and all the senses, can better approximate the meaning that these artifacts had for their makers and today's viewers. The body intersects the land
The understanding and interpretation of ancient architecture, landscapes, and art has always been viewed through an iconographic lens?a cognitive process based on traditional practices in art history.
Responding to the rapid growth of personal narrative as a method of inquiry among qualitative scholars, Bud Goodall offers a concise volume of practical advice for scholars and students seeking to wo
Call it personal narrative, creative nonfiction or qualitative inquiry, this genre has become increasingly dynamic and complex in the past few decades, developing and discarding new traditions at a ra
Five summers of fieldwork at Leskernick, a small hill in Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, involved excavation of course, but also sociological projects, art projects, an exhibition, a website, and this volume e
This book represents an innovative experiment in presenting the results of a large-scale, multidisciplinary archaeological project. The well-known authors and their team examined the Neolithic and Bro
Women in academia have struggled for centuries to establish levels of acceptance and credibility equal to men in the same fields, and anthropology has been no different. The women anthropologists in t
This volume reports on a series of multidisciplinary projects involving the Archaic period of the American Midwest. A period of innovation and technical achievement, the articles focus on changes in e
This volume describes the pattern of recruitment of soldiers to the Roman legions and the settlement of legion veterans in Roman colonies during the period of the principate.
This engaging volume reveals how politics permeates all facets of museum practice, particularly in regions of political conflict. In these settings, museums can be extraordinarily influential for shap
The ability to accumulate and store large amounts of goods is a key feature of complex societies in ancient times. Storage strategies reflect the broader economic and political organization of a socie
