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Archaeology and anthropology : past, present and future / edited by David Shankland.

Contributor(s): Shankland, DavidMaterial type: TextTextSeries: A.S.A. monographs ; 48.Publication details: London ; New York : Berg, 2012. Description: xv, 237 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781847889669; 1847889662; 9781847889652; 1847889654; 9780857854193; 0857854194; 1847889670; 9781847889676Subject(s): Ethnoarchaeology | Social archaeology | Anthropology | Ethnoarcheologie | Archeologie sociale | Anthropologie | ethnoarchaeology | anthropology | Anthropology | Ethnoarchaeology | Social archaeology | Archaologie | Ethnologie | KulturanthropologieDDC classification: 301 LOC classification: CC79.E85 | A748 2012Online resources: Table of contents | table of contents
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- List of Figures -- Notes on Contributors -- 1. Introduction: Archaeology and Anthropology: Divorce and Partial Reconciliation / David Shankland -- 2. Big Revolutions, Two Small Disciplines, and Socialism / Chris Hann -- 3. Whose Rights to Which Past? Archaeologists, Anthropologists, and the Ethics of Heritage in the Global Hierarchy of Value / Michael Herzfeld -- 4. Archaeology and Anthropology: The State of the Relationship / Ian Hodder -- 5. No More Ancient; No More Human: The Future Past of Archaeology and Anthropology / Tim Ingold -- 6. Sacred Architecture: Archaeological and Anthropological Perspectives / Richard D.G. Irvine, Nick Hanks, Candace Weddle -- 7. Life with Things: Archaeology and Materiality / Rosemary A. Joyce -- 8. Archaeological Ethnography: Materiality, Heritage, and Hybrid Methodologies / Lynn Meskell -- 9. The Anthropological Imagination and British Iron Age Society / Paul Sillitoe -- 10. Space, Place, and Architecture: A Major Meeting Point between Social Archaeology and Anthropology? / Stella Souvatzi -- 11. Encountering the Past: Unearthing Remnants of Humans in Archaeology and Anthropology / Paola Filippucci, John Harries, Joost Fontein, Cara Krmpotich -- 12. Archaeology, Anthropology, and Material Things / Julian Thomas -- Index.
Summary: Though archaeologists have long acknowledged the work of social anthropologists, anthropologists have been much less eager to repay the compliment. This volume argues that the time has come to recognise the insights archaeological approaches can bring to anthropology.Summary: Archaeology's rigorous approach to evidence and material culture; its ability to develop flexible research methodologies; its readiness to work with large-scale models of comparative social change, and to embrace the latest technology all means that it can offer valuable methods that can enrich and enhance current anthropological thinking.Summary: Cross-disciplinary and international in scope, this exciting volume draws together cutting-edge essays on the relationship between the two disciplines, arguing for greater collaboration and pointing to new concepts and approaches for anthropology. With contributions from leading scholars, this book will be essential reading for students and scholars of archaeology, anthropology and related disciplines.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments -- List of Figures -- Notes on Contributors -- 1. Introduction: Archaeology and Anthropology: Divorce and Partial Reconciliation / David Shankland -- 2. Big Revolutions, Two Small Disciplines, and Socialism / Chris Hann -- 3. Whose Rights to Which Past? Archaeologists, Anthropologists, and the Ethics of Heritage in the Global Hierarchy of Value / Michael Herzfeld -- 4. Archaeology and Anthropology: The State of the Relationship / Ian Hodder -- 5. No More Ancient; No More Human: The Future Past of Archaeology and Anthropology / Tim Ingold -- 6. Sacred Architecture: Archaeological and Anthropological Perspectives / Richard D.G. Irvine, Nick Hanks, Candace Weddle -- 7. Life with Things: Archaeology and Materiality / Rosemary A. Joyce -- 8. Archaeological Ethnography: Materiality, Heritage, and Hybrid Methodologies / Lynn Meskell -- 9. The Anthropological Imagination and British Iron Age Society / Paul Sillitoe -- 10. Space, Place, and Architecture: A Major Meeting Point between Social Archaeology and Anthropology? / Stella Souvatzi -- 11. Encountering the Past: Unearthing Remnants of Humans in Archaeology and Anthropology / Paola Filippucci, John Harries, Joost Fontein, Cara Krmpotich -- 12. Archaeology, Anthropology, and Material Things / Julian Thomas -- Index.

Though archaeologists have long acknowledged the work of social anthropologists, anthropologists have been much less eager to repay the compliment. This volume argues that the time has come to recognise the insights archaeological approaches can bring to anthropology.

Archaeology's rigorous approach to evidence and material culture; its ability to develop flexible research methodologies; its readiness to work with large-scale models of comparative social change, and to embrace the latest technology all means that it can offer valuable methods that can enrich and enhance current anthropological thinking.

Cross-disciplinary and international in scope, this exciting volume draws together cutting-edge essays on the relationship between the two disciplines, arguing for greater collaboration and pointing to new concepts and approaches for anthropology. With contributions from leading scholars, this book will be essential reading for students and scholars of archaeology, anthropology and related disciplines.