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Tamis Parron

Slavery in Capitalism

The enslavement of Africans in the Americas profoundly shaped the continent's demography, cultures, languages, and legal systems, playing a decisive role in modern economic growth and the rise of industri…

Siobhan M. Hart

Colonialism, Community, and Heritage in Native New England

A close look at New England heritage sites and the narratives they tell about Native American communitiesExploring museums and cultural centers in New England that hold important meanings for Native Ameri…

Ece Temelkuran

Together

A powerful manifesto for change and argument for hope, compassion and faith in the face of the challenges of the twenty-first century, from award-winning political thinker Ece Temelkuran

Daniel Odess, David F. Bustos, Matthew Bennett

Those Who Walked Before

One of the most important archaeological discoveries of the last century, which rocked the field of archaeology and fundamentally shifted our collective knowledge of human occupation in the Americas.On a …

R Gwinn Vivian, Samantha G. Fladd

Capturing Water

An esteemed archaeologist's lifetime of work on water use in Chaco CanyonThe ability of the inhabitants of Chaco Canyon to sustain themselves through farming in an arid environment has long been a topic o…

Toby Wilkinson

World Beneath the Sands

From the decipherment of hieroglyphics in 1822 to the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon a hundred years later, the uncovering of Egypt's ancient past took place in an atm…

Christopher Cavanagh

The Galli Priests of Cybele

Presenting a study of the Galli priests of the Roman cult of Cybele, the Great Mother goddess, this book examines the archaeological evidence to give a clearer picture of the priesthood. The Galli were pr…

Charlie Parker (1920-1955)

The Quintessence 1947 -

Thomas W. Murphy

Unsettling Scripture

A groundbreaking exploration of the unexpected intersections between Haudenosaunee oral tradition and Latter-day Saint scriptureIn Unsettling Scripture: Iroquois and the Book of Mormon, anthropologist Tho…

Kenneth Brophy

The Archaeology of Prehistory in the Contemporary World

This book offers a timely roadmap for navigating the material and intangible legacies of prehistory with which we live today.Drawing on a series of global case studies, field observations and real-world s…

Ariel Taivalkoski

Archaeological Bird Bone and Eggshell Identification

This element provides the reader with an easy-to-read reference guide for avian bone and eggshell analysis. Standard visual identification is the methodology outlined for the analysis of avian bone. This …

Dougald J. W. O'Reilly

Empires of the Southern Ocean

Drawing on recent archaeological and historical research, this book presents the fascinating developments in the archaeology of prehistoric societies of mainland Southeast Asia.Empires of the Southern Oce…

Marshall Sahlins

Culture in Practice

A collection of essays that span the career of a prominent anthropologist and address the fundamental questions of the field.

Gregoire Hervouet-Zeiber

War and the Pull of Life

A moving and unsettling ethnography of veterans living under the shadow of ongoing war and militarism, War and the Pull of Life traces how war makes its way into daily life in Putin's Russia. Based on res…

Pedro Trapero Fernandez

A Spatial Analysis Model for Exploring Human-Environment Interactions

This Element introduces a methodological framework that positions itself between site-specific archaeological investigations and broader regional approaches characteristic of historical and landscape arch…

Collaborative and Community-Engaged Archaeology

A collection of detailed case studies that emphasize partnerships with local and descendant communities to foster ethical, inclusive research practicesThis book highlights approaches to archaeological res…

Haeden E. Stewart

Revenant Waste

Using archaeology to unearth the lingering effects of capitalism at one of Western Canada's first industrial sitesRevenant Waste explores the haunting afterlife of industrial waste in Edmonton's Mill Cree…

Richard Hodges

The Origins of Anglo-Saxon Towns

Reconsiders the debate about the archaeology of Anglo-Saxon towns on the occasion of the centennial of Henri Pirenne's celebrated bookMedieval Cities(1925).

André Leroi-Gourhan,

André Leroi-Gourhan on Technology, Evolution, and Social Life: A Selection of Texts and Writings from the 1930s to the 1970s

A selection of Leroi-Gourhan's most important texts--many translated into English for the first time.André Leroi-Gourhan is undoubtedly one of the most acclaimed figures of twentieth-century anthropology …