Overview

In recent decades an expanding cadre of archaeologists has embarked to the field and laboratories. Their endeavours have sparked the collection of troves of data about worldwide pasts at multiple scales from the molecular to the macroregional. Investigation has been amplified by new technologies including computers, satellite imagery, mass spectrometry, and sequencers for ancient DNA. As information-rich findings are rapidly being deciphered, it is clear that the temporal depth and global breadth of archaeological discoveries are sufficiently rich to inform us regarding key contemporary issues—sustainability, inequality, governance, well-being, and heritage. Ernest Hooten once described archaeologists as “the senile playboys of science rooting in the rubbish heaps of antiquity.” Although Hooten’s view of archaeology as an esoteric discipline remains intact in some quarters, clearly times have changed—and in this volume a diverse suite of archaeologists marshal their thoughts regarding the current state and future of the discipline.

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Author:   Gary M. Feinman ,  T Douglas Price
Publisher:   Eliot Werner Publications
Imprint:   Eliot Werner Publications
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.70cm
Weight:   0.331kg
ISBN:  

9798991226493

Pages:   194
Publication Date:   15 December 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Gary M. Feinman I. DIVERSITY ACROSS REGIONS Chiefdoms from the Beginnings Until Now Jennifer Birch Chiefdoms in Evolutionary Perspective Shadreck Chrikure From the Past to the Future: Native American Archaeology in Eastern North America Victor D. Thompson Dynamic Environments and The Human Niche Seth Quintus Archaeologies of Cooperation and Collective Action David M. Carballo II. NEW METHODOLOGICAL LENSES Bioarchaeology: Skeletons to Past Life Experiences George R. Milner and Jesper L. Boldsen Toward a Post-Paradigmatic Archaeology Kristian Kristiansen “Not Only Outer”: Futures in the Archaeology of Religion Robert S. Weiner Network Thinking and Anti-Categorical Archaeology Jacob Holland-Lulewicz III. CONCEPTUAL IMPLICATIONS Scales of Scientific Interaction: The New Integrative Archaeology Johannes Müller Shaping Archaeology’s Future: The European Association of Archaeologists Eszter Banffy Taking the Pulse in Classical Archaeology Susan E. Alcock IV. INFRASTRUCTURAL CHANGES The Future of Publishing in Academic Archaeology Mark Aldenderfer The Relevance of the Past: Reconfiguring Archaeology and Modernity Gary M. Feinman

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Gary M. Feinman, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois T. Douglas Price, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

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