Download (.pdf) (114kb) Quick view

Investigating Market Exchange in Ancient Societies: A Theoretical Review

by Christopher Garraty

Garraty, Christopher P. (2010)  Investigating Market Exchange in Ancient Societies: A Theoretical Review. In Archaeological Approaches to Market Exchange in Ancient Societies, edited by Christopher P. Garraty and Barbara L. Stark, pp. 3-32. University Press of Colorado, Boulder. 

The Intersections of Archaeology and Postcolonial Studies.

by Matthew Liebmann

2008. In Archaeology and the Postcolonial Critique, edited by M. Liebmann and U. Rizvi, pp. 1-20. Altamira Press, Lanham, MD.

Follow the cut, follow the rhythm, follow the material

by Matt Edgeworth

2012 Norwegian Archaeological Review 45:1, 76-92

in the latest issue of Norwegian Archaeological Review, accompanied by comments from Åsa Berggren, Alfredo González-Ruibal, Tim Ingold, Gavin Lucas, Robin Skeates and Christopher Witmore, and a response by the author.

Archaeologists do not have to look to external theory to kick-start the interpretation of material remains. Greater... more

The Material-Cultural Turn: event and effect.

by Dan Hicks

Cite this paper as: Hicks, Dan 2010. The Material-Cultural Turn: Event and Effect. In Dan Hicks and Mary C. Beaudry (eds) The Oxford Handbook of Material Culture Studies. Oxford: OUP, pp. 25- 98.

The full references are provided in the bibliography for the published volume.

The Meaning of Things: Toward a Theory of Discursive Inter-Artifactuality

by Eric Kingsbury

This is a paper I wrote for a course in archaeological theory, and it represents a theory in development. I welcome any critical comments or dialog about the content of this paper, as I intend to continue to develop these ideas. Please feel free to contact me at ekingsbury@cox.net. You may also contact me through academia.edu.

This paper explores the question of “what do objects mean,” i.e., the cultural significance of objects, first by... more

Iconical signs, indexical relations: Bronze Age stelae and statue-menhirs in the Iberian Peninsula

by Marta Diaz-Guardamino Uribe

Journal of Iberian Archaeology, 2008 (English)

The adoption of theories of social action in Archaeology has opened up the way to consider the mutually constitutive... more

"Iconografía, lugares y relaciones sociales: Reflexiones en torno a las estelas y estatuas-menhir atribuidas a la Edad del Bronce en la Península Ibérica". [Iconography, places and social relations: Reflections on stelae and statue-menhirs attributed to the Bronze Age in the Iberian Peninsula]

by Marta Diaz-Guardamino Uribe

(Spanish) published in "Estelas e Estátuas-menir: da Pré à Proto-história", edited by R. Vilaça, 2011

Iberian Bronze Age stelae and statue-menhirs reproduce icons and iconographic conventions that in some cases display... more

(2008) Voutsaki, S. Greek archaeology: theoretical developments over the last 40 years. Tijdschrift voor Mediterrane Archeologie 40, 21-28.

by Sofia Voutsaki

Classical archaeology has for a long time been considered a self-contained and conservative discipline. However, the... more

Big Fish Hunting: interpretation of stone clubs from Lepenski Vir

by Ivana Zivaljevic

Published in N. Vasić (ed.) Harmony of Nature and Spirituality in Stone (Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference in Kragujevac, Serbia, March 15-16, 2012), Stone Studio Association: Belgrade: 195-206.

In this paper, I discuss a specific type of stone tool found at Lepenski Vir: clubs or mallets - which may have been... more

A Conference Announcement. Atlantiar: Human Traces on the Atlantic Façade of Europe

by Roslyn Frank

In the .pdf you will find the announcement in English for an international conference to be held May 18, 2012, in... more

x

Log In

or reset password

Need an account? Click here to sign up

Reset Password

Enter the email address you signed up with, and we'll send a reset password email to that address

Academia © 2012