Cambridge Companion to Historical Archaeology

Name: Cambridge Companion to Historical Archaeology
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ISBN: 9780521619622

ISBN-10: 0521619629

ISBN-13: 9780521619622

Edition: 2006

Authors: Dan Hicks, Mary C. Beaudry

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The Cambridge Companion to Historical Archaeology provides an overview of the international field of historical archaeology (AD 1500-present) through seventeen specially-commissioned essays from leading researchers in the field. The volume explores key themes in historical archaeology including documentary archaeology, writing historical archaeology, colonialism, capitalism, industrial archaeology, maritime archaeology, cultural resource management and urban archaeology. Three special sections explore the distinctive contributions of material culture studies, landscape archaeology and the archaeology of buildings and the household. Drawing on case studies from North America, Europe,…

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List price: $63.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 10/26/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 424
Size: 6.89" wide x 9.69" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.958
Language: English




Introduction: the place of historical archaeology




Archaeology and History



Documentary archaeology




Historical archaeology and time




Writing historical archaeology




Key Themes in Historical Archaeology



Historical archaeology and colonialism




Urban historical archaeology




Archaeology, heritage and the recent and contemporary past




Marxism and capitalism in historical archaeology




Archaeology and industrialisation




Historical maritime archaeology




Historical Archaeology and Material Culture



Material culture studies and historical archaeology




Ceramic studies in historical archaeology




Historical Archaeology and Landscapes



Landscapes and memories




Landscapes, ideology and experience in historical archaeology




Historical Archaeology and Buildings



Historical archaeology and buildings




Household archaeology, difference and identity




Afterword: historical archaeology in the wider discipline