Archaeology of Communities
Archaeology of Communities

Author: Marcello-Andrea Canuto

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-11-12

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1135125430

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The Archaeology of Communities develops a critical evaluation of community and shows that it represents more than a mere aggregation of households. This collection bridges the gap between studies of ancient societies and ancient households. The community is taken to represent more than a mere aggregation of households, it exists in part through shared identities, as well as frequent interaction and inter-household integration. Drawing on case studies which range in location from the Mississippi Valley to New Mexico, from the Southern Andes to the Blue Ridge Mountains of Madison County, Virginia, the book explores and discusses communities from a whole range of periods, from Pre-Columbian to the late Classic. Discussions of actual communities are reinforced by strong debate on, for example, the distinction between 'Imagined Community' and 'Natural Community.'

Heritage, Communities and Archaeology
Heritage, Communities and Archaeology

Author: Laurajane Smith

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2013-11-20

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 147252134X

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This book traces the development of 'community archaeology', identifying both its advantages and disadvantages by describing how and why tensions have arisen between archaeological and community understandings of the past. The focus of this book is the conceptual disjunction between heritage and data and the problems this poses for both archaeologists and communities in communicating and engaging with each other. In order to explain the extent of the miscommunication that can occur, the authors examine the ways in which a range of community groups, including communities of expertise, define and negotiate memory and identity. Importantly, they explore the ways in which these expressions are used, or are taken up, in struggles over cultural recognition - and ultimately, the practical, ethical, political and theoretical implications this has for archaeologists engaging in community work. Finally, they argue that there are very real advantages for archaeological research, theory and practice to be gained from engaging with communities.

Community-Based Archaeology
Community-Based Archaeology

Author: Sonya Atalay

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2012-10

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 0520273362

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“Community Based Participatory Research in archaeology finally comes of age with Atalay’s long-anticipated volume. She promotes a collaborative approach to knowledge gathering, interpretation, and use that benefits descendant communities and archaeological practitioners, contributing to a more relevant, rewarding, and responsible archaeology. This is essential reading for anyone who asks why we do archaeology, for whom, and how best can it be done.” – George Nicholas, author of Being and Becoming Indigenous Archaeologists “Sonya Atalay shows archaeologists how the process of Community Based Participatory Research can move our efforts at collaboration with local communities beyond theory and good intentions to a sustainable practice. This is a game-changing book that every archaeologist must read.” – Randall H. McGuire, author of Archaeology as Political Action

Community Archaeology
Community Archaeology

Author: Gabriel Moshenska

Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781842174326

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Community Archaeology is an assessment of the aims, results and validity of the broad spectrum of community archaeology initiatives taking place today. The project arose from a shared belief in cooperation between professional and non-professional archaeologists and the belief that archaeology does not have to take place in private between consenting companies. The 15 papers presented here are startlingly and pleasingly diverse, drawing on the expertise and experience of student archaeologists, academics, professionals, amateurs, educators and independent practitioners. A number of interesting common themes emerge, including general theoretical reflections on the nature and significance of community archaeology, education (which highlights the common concentration on excavation within community archaeology and the concomitant neglect of post-excavation work), funding and sustainability, namely the dichotomy between one-off or medium-term projects that are funded and long-term projects that tend to be staffed by volunteers. As well as the difficulties involved, the collection also highlights the pleasures and emotional dimensions of engaging with material remains of the past.

Complex Communities
Complex Communities

Author: Benjamin W. Porter

Publisher: University of Arizona Press

Published: 2013-11-28

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 0816530327

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Introduction: the persistence of community -- Communal complexity on the margins -- Measuring social complexity in the early iron age -- Producing community -- Managing community -- Conclusion: the complex community.

The Archaeology of Utopian and Intentional Communities
The Archaeology of Utopian and Intentional Communities

Author: Stacy C. Kozakavich

Publisher: American Experience in Archaeo

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 9780813056593

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Introduction: encountering community -- Building the ideal -- Understanding communities -- Maps of idealism: intentional community landscapes -- At home, work, and worship: community built environments -- Material visions: artifacts in community contexts -- Seeking kaweah -- Remaking communities -- Appendix: archaeologically studied intentional community sites

The Archaeology of Communities
The Archaeology of Communities

Author: Marcello A. Canuto

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 041522277X

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Using a broad comparitive approach this volume employs case studies from across the Americas to address the importance of the community in understanding ancient societies.

Communities in Contact
Communities in Contact

Author: Corinne Lisette Hofman

Publisher: Sidestone Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 514

ISBN-13: 9088900639

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Communities in Contact represents the outcome of the Fourth International Leiden in the Caribbean symposium entitled From Prehistory to Ethnography in the circum-Caribbean. The contributions included in this volume cover a wide range of topics from a variety of disciplines - archaeology, bioarchaeology, ethnohistory and ethnography - revolving around the themes of mobility and exchange, culture contact, and settlement and community. The application of innovative approaches and the multi-dimensional character of these essays have provided exiting new perspectives on the indigenous communities of the circum-Caribbean and Amazonian regions throughout prehistory until the present.

The Archaeology of Refuge and Recourse
The Archaeology of Refuge and Recourse

Author: Tsim D. Schneider

Publisher: University of Arizona Press

Published: 2021-10-19

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 0816542538

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"As an Indigenous scholar researching the history and archaeology of his own tribe, Tsim D. Schneider provides a unique and timely contribution to the growing field of Indigenous archaeology and offers a new perspective on the primary role and relevance of Indigenous places and homelands in the study of colonial encounters"--

The Archaeology of Tribal Societies
The Archaeology of Tribal Societies

Author: William A. Parkinson

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2002-03-01

Total Pages: 446

ISBN-13: 1789201713

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Anthropological archaeologists have long attempted to develop models that will let them better understand the evolution of human social organization. In our search to understand how chiefdoms and states evolve, and how those societies differ from egalitarian 'bands', we have neglected to develop models that will aid the understanding of the wide range of variability that exists between them. This volume attempts to fill this gap by exploring social organization in tribal - or 'autonomous village' - societies from several different ethnographic, ethnohistoric, and archaeological contexts - from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Period in the Near East to the contemporary Jivaro of Amazonia.