“Provides a critical analysis of burial spaces and the role archaeologists play in documenting and preserving burial sites. Seidemann addresses difficult topics related to the burial of the dead, including commodification of bodies, and differential treatment based on inequality and ideology. The book is an important resource for any archaeologist or bioarchaeologist working on cemetery … Continue reading Cemetery Protections in Urban Environments
New Paperback Release: The Archaeology of Race and Class at Timbuctoo
“Theoretically informed and methodologically balanced, this research represents the best of community and public archaeology and provides new insights into the lives of free African Americans in the North.”—Richard F. Veit, coauthor of The Archaeology of American Cemeteries and Gravemarkers “A welcome addition to the emerging literature on the archaeology of African American communities in the North. … Continue reading New Paperback Release: The Archaeology of Race and Class at Timbuctoo
Fisher-Hunter-Gatherer Complexity in North America
“Moves beyond finding complexity in the hunter-gatherer archaeological record, instead exploring the historical processes, contingencies, and environments by which and in which foragers deployed the strategies that constitute complexity. A valuable contribution to the geographically expansive and temporally deep reconsideration under way about what it means to be a hunter-gatherer, and whether the concept retains … Continue reading Fisher-Hunter-Gatherer Complexity in North America
The Biocultural Consequences of Contact in Mexico: Five Centuries of Change
“A significant contribution to discussions of colonialism, reconstructing biosocial relationships, and working toward decolonization for colonized groups. A terrific volume.”—James T. Watson, coeditor of Ancient Southwestern Mortuary Practices “Provides an array of innovative methods that reveal new facets of the biocultural consequences of colonization in Mesoamerica through the lenses of structural violence, labor, and reproduction across … Continue reading The Biocultural Consequences of Contact in Mexico: Five Centuries of Change
Bioarchaeology of Care through Population-Level Analyses
“Provides unique and useful models that demonstrate how inferences can be made about communities of care in samples ranging in size from several dozen to several thousand. Authors weave together diverse lines of evidence—osteological, archaeological, ethnographic, clinical—in their historical and cultural contexts. Sophisticated analytical tools and theoretical frameworks position this book at the cutting edge … Continue reading Bioarchaeology of Care through Population-Level Analyses
The Archaeology of Race and Class at Timbuctoo
“Theoretically informed and methodologically balanced, this research represents the best of community and public archaeology and provides new insights into the lives of free African Americans in the North.”—Richard F. Veit, coauthor of The Archaeology of American Cemeteries and Gravemarkers “A welcome addition to the emerging literature on the archaeology of African American communities in the North. … Continue reading The Archaeology of Race and Class at Timbuctoo
Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology 2020
Acquisitions editor Meredith Morris-Babb attended the Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology put on by the Society for Historical Archaeology in Boston earlier this month. It was great to meet with everyone who visited us at our booth! Here are a few books we brought to the conference: Historical Archaeology and Indigenous Collaboration Discovering Histories … Continue reading Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology 2020
Bones of Complexity
“Provides data and information that can be used for comparative analysis and as a foundation for further exploration. Inviting research from various geographic, cultural, and temporal locales from around the globe, the editors present a complex snapshot of the past.”—Anne L. Grauer, editor of A Companion to Paleopathology “This cohesive collection of empirically based studies … Continue reading Bones of Complexity
Why We Need to Preserve the Archaeological Sites on the Moon
Written by Beth Laura O’Leary, coauthor of The Final Mission: Preserving NASA’s Apollo Sites “Fly me to the moon and let me play among the stars.” —“Fly Me to the Moon” (1954) Lyrics and music by Bart Howard The moon is one of humanity’s oldest fascinations. It plays a part in all cultures around … Continue reading Why We Need to Preserve the Archaeological Sites on the Moon
The Final Mission
“An excellent overview of artifacts and sites in both terrestrial and extra-terrestrial environments.”—P. J. Capelotti, author of The Human Archaeology of Space “Artfully blends archaeology and historic preservation into a history of the Cold War space race. A compelling argument for preserving America’s twentieth-century space heritage.”—Todd A. Hanson, author of The Archaeology of the Cold … Continue reading The Final Mission
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