My ethnoarchaeological experience among the Kalinga changed forever the way I look at
pottery. When I pick up a vessel and see the patterns of soot, I can also smell the smoky …

Economic intensification has been documented in a diversity of small‐scale societies. The
existing archaeological theory concerning such intensification has tended to privilege …

An Archaeology of the Cosmos seeks answers to two fundamental questions of humanity
and human history. The first question concerns that which some use as a defining element of …

This interdisciplinary book examines archaeology's engagement with semiotics, from its
early structuralist beginnings to its more recent Peircian encounters. It represents the first …

In the past two decades, the study of craft production has emerged as a major focus of
archaeological research, integrating interests in technology, material culture, daily activities …

Individuals learning to make pottery must master knowledge of materials and a complex
production sequence. Intergenerational transmission of knowledge and diffusion of …

Theory in North American archaeology is characterized in terms of foci and approaches
manifested in research issues, rather than in explicit or oppositional theoretical positions …

The study of the human-made world, whether it is called artifacts, material culture, or
technology, has burgeoned across the academy. Archaeologists have for cen-ries led the …

The late pre-Hispanic period in the US Southwest (AD 1200–1450) was characterized by
large-scale demographic changes, including long-distance migration and population …

Social Archaeology and Material Worlds aims to forefront dynamic and cutting-edge social
approaches to archaeology. It brings together volumes about past people, social and …