“A wonderful, deep historical perspective on village life, the complexities of identity, and critical social change in the American southeast.”—Jake Holland-Lulewicz, Pennsylvania State University “Jenkins provides a rich historical understanding of Woodland social change in this novel approach to the dynamic archaeology of social movements on the Gulf Coast. Her discovery of important changes in … Continue reading An Archaeology of Woodland Transformation
The Archaeology of American Medicine and Healthcare
“A bold and dynamic interpretation of the social archaeology of healthcare and medicinal access over time and space.”—Stephen A. Brighton, author of Historical Archaeology of the Irish Diaspora: A Transnational Approach“Demonstrates how archaeological research is relevant for critically evaluating modern systems of medicine and healthcare. The case studies illustrate how medical systems as well as … Continue reading The Archaeology of American Medicine and Healthcare
The Archaeology of Early Colonial Manila
“A useful new contribution to Chinese historical sources, archaeological assemblages in Manila, and the correspondence between Manila and Spanish America. Hsieh’s knowledge of Hispano-American and Chinese interaction with Manila is excellent, and she has identified many important topics on which the case study of Manila can shed new light.”—John Miksic, author of Singapore and the … Continue reading The Archaeology of Early Colonial Manila
Monuments and Memory
“Through a wide-ranging consideration of memorials, this book makes important contributions to the study of materiality and remembrance. Particularly valuable are its authors’ international perspectives; their attention to articulations among power, race, and gender; and their sophisticated analyses of roles that authority, contestation, silencing, and protest play in representing collective memory through large-scale artifacts.”—Alison Bell, … Continue reading Monuments and Memory
Social Inequality and Difference in the Ancient Greek World
“Avoiding an Athenocentric approach, this volume will be a very welcome source. It should serve to encourage historians of the period and region to more fully engage with the bioarchaeological record and the unique perspectives it offers on questions of population relationships, disease, and regionality when considering inequality and social differentiation.”—Linda Fibiger, coeditor of The … Continue reading Social Inequality and Difference in the Ancient Greek World
The Historical Archaeology of the Pacific Northwest
“A welcome and needed resource. Provides a clear and thorough summary and analysis of archaeological research into settler colonialism, global diaspora, and capitalism, and how these topics intersect in the Pacific Northwest.”—Mark Tveskov, coeditor of Conflict Archaeology, Historical Memory, and the Experience of War: Beyond the Battlefield Bordered by the Rocky Mountains to the east … Continue reading The Historical Archaeology of the Pacific Northwest
Archaeology in a Living Landscape
“Weaving together archaeological evidence, oral histories, and Indigenous knowledge, this volume breathes life into landscapes and objects that otherwise might have been unjustly robbed of their animate status.”—Dagmara Zawadzka, Okanagan College Archaeology in a Living Landscape: Envisioning Nonhuman Persons in the Indigenous Americas explores the diverse range of other-than-human persons that inhabited and affected the … Continue reading Archaeology in a Living Landscape
Becoming Object
“A brilliant bioarchaeological and biohistorical exploration of Morton and his collection. Geller has pushed us to think beyond simple analyses and instead to consider nuanced, contextual ideas about history, our field, and our present.”—Meredith A. B. Ellis, author of The Children of Spring Street: The Bioarchaeology of Childhood in a 19th Century Abolitionist Congregation Becoming … Continue reading Becoming Object
Chronicling Amazon Town
“A book that many have been waiting for. It opens up the results of a classical community study, Amazon Town, for assessment and appreciation and brings the story up to date in a way that is both challenging and satisfying.”—William H. Fisher, author of Rain Forest Exchanges: Industry and Community on an Amazonian Frontier “Simultaneously launches … Continue reading Chronicling Amazon Town
Mesoamerican Osteobiographies
“An important and timely contribution to both the bioarchaeology of Mesoamerica and the deployment of osteobiography within the field of bioarchaeology.”—Lauren Hosek, University of Colorado, Boulder“The authors of this volume take a challenging approach to understanding the lived experience of people in the past in a novel and interesting way.”—Corey Ragsdale, Southern Illinois University Drawing … Continue reading Mesoamerican Osteobiographies
