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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Archaeological Theory"”.
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The Implications of Lithic Artifact Styles for Current Archaeological Theory
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Reframing the Neolithic
… of the Neolithic within contemporary archaeological theory. Whilst acknowledging the insights it brings to an understanding of the period, it is argued that the knowledge it produces is necessarily constrained by the emphasis it accords to the cultural. Thus, in terms of the …
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Let's Piece the Past Together: Writing a Book about African Diaspora Archaeology Education for Middle School Students
… archaeology education materials incorporating archaeological theory, national education standards, or learning theories? Project Archaeology is a national program that promotes archaeology education in classrooms by developing and evaluating numerous classroom curriculum books, student activity …
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Let's Piece the Past Together: Writing a Book about African Diaspora Archaeology Education for Middle School Students
… archaeology education materials incorporating archaeological theory, national education standards, or learning theories? Project Archaeology is a national program that promotes archaeology education in classrooms by developing and evaluating numerous classroom curriculum books, student activity …
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Community Archaeology in Scotland: a qualitative study
… community archaeology has entered mainstream archaeological theory and practice in the UK, however despite growth and development in this field there has been a dearth of research into the impact and value it has. This research has addressed this situation by exploring the impact and value of …
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All that glitters is not gold: authenticity and historical accuracy in representations of Mapungubwe
… if their accuracy matters. In this unpacking archaeological theory is discussed, as well as the nationalist ideologies and racial science which was attributed to it in the early 20th Century. In addition to the selection of representations, a history of the re(discovery) and discoveries of …
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Creating the Cahokian Community: the Power of Place in Early Mississippian Sociopolitical Dynamics
… communities” and recent developments in archaeological theory, particularly agency and practice theory, I contend that the social construction of space and community identities at multiple scales were instrumental in the creation of the Cahokia polity in the American Bottom region of …
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Archaeology and politics in post-independence Malta
… early 1970s. This post-processual direction in archaeological theory has led to many historiographies on the development of archaeology being written. The study of Malta’s archaeological history and the role that politics has played in its development in the years following post-Independence, …
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Replaying the past: establishing a 3D simulation methodology for the analysis of roofing and alignments in Neolithic Malta
… based on 3D models, offer new possibilities for archaeological investigation. Originating in the field of 3D reconstruction (here approximation), 3D simulations consist of virtual environments that act as proxies for an archaeological context, allowing the testing of queries in a controllable and …
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'Phalaborwa where the hammer is heard': crafting together the political economy of Iron Age communities in southern Africa, AD 900-1900
… producers form a critical dimension to archaeological reconstructions of the political economy. However, few studies address the relationship between producers and the political economy from the vantage point of production sites. This study addresses the position of metal producers in …
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Boeotian Kabeiric ware: the significance of the ceramic offerings at the Theban Kabeirion in Boeotia
… means of interpretation. In particular the archaeological context and iconography of the ceramics offer an interesting and highly unusual perspective into the secretive and often peculiar nature of the Kabeiric cult. Previous studies conducted on the ceramic material have only considered it …
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An archaeology of artisan identities and global relationships: Case studies of 19th and early 20th century weavers and carvers from Pohnpei and Kosrae, Micronesia
… in the nineteenth century using archaeological methods and theory? To answer, I draw inspiration from post-colonial principles, feminist archaeological theory and the social learning literature to propose a new archaeological approach: the Archaeology of Shared Experiences. The …
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Division of the earth : gender, symbolism and the archaeology of the southern San
… models, is the focus of this research into archaeological materials. Rock art is the principal archaeological 'trace' analysed. Because the impetus to gender studies comes principally from the critical standpoint of feminism, analyses of gender and gendering in archaeological materials are …
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Skin and bone: the face in the archaeological imagination
Thirteen unique archaeological countenances from Ireland were produced through the Manchester method of facial reconstruction. Their gaze prompts a space for a broad discourse regarding the face found within human and artefactual remains of Ireland. These faces are reminders of the human element …
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The material politics of houses at Çatalhöyük, 7000–6300 BCE
Archaeologists often treat past houses and households as social units—as places of stability within larger political dynamics. Houses are rendered as conservative objects, not places of profound change. This thesis adopts a material political approach to houses, considering the way they were …
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Finding balance in unequal relations: the burial of humans and animals in the Viking Age world
… the main aim of this work is to balance out archaeological interpretations of human-animal relationships in Viking Age burials by focussing on the animals themselves as living agents rather than mere dead bones. This requires first and foremost the development of a theoretical framework based …
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Authority and the production of knowledge in archaeology
… the role of authority in the production of archaeological knowledge. It examines how fluid ideas and observations formed in the field become authoritative, factual, solid archaeological products, like scientific texts, reconstructions or museum displays. It asks, what makes a person, a thing …
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Castles and Communities: Using the taskscape to explore the attitudes, activities, and lived experience of wider communities in castle landscapes between 1050 - 1550.
… dwelling. In order to bridge the divide between theory and methodology, a integrative methodology is suggested, using geographical information systems to approach the sensory and temporal dimensions of tasks. The form of the landscape is modelled using a retrogressive analysis of historic maps …
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Castles and Communities: Using the taskscape to explore the attitudes, activities, and lived experience of wider communities in castle landscapes between 1050 - 1550.
… dwelling. In order to bridge the divide between theory and methodology, a integrative methodology is suggested, using geographical information systems to approach the sensory and temporal dimensions of tasks. The form of the landscape is modelled using a retrogressive analysis of historic maps …