The Cambridge Companion to Historical Archaeology

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Dan Hicks, Mary C. Beaudry
Cambridge University Press, Oct 26, 2006 - Social Science - 404 pages
The Cambridge Companion to Historical Archaeology provides an overview of the international field of historical archaeology (c.AD 1500 to the present) through seventeen specially-commissioned essays from leading researchers in the field. The volume explores key themes in historical archaeology including documentary archaeology, the writing of 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, Australasia, Africa and around the world, the volume captures the breadth and diversity of contemporary historical archaeology, considers archaeology's relationship with history, cultural anthropology and other periods of archaeological study, and provides clear introductions to alternative conceptions of the field. This book is essential reading for anyone studying or researching the material remains of the recent past.
 

Contents

Section 1
8
Section 2
13
Section 3
29
Section 4
31
Section 5
34
Section 6
69
Section 7
87
Section 8
104
Section 15
168
Section 16
175
Section 17
176
Section 18
181
Section 19
191
Section 20
205
Section 21
212
Section 22
238

Section 9
118
Section 10
140
Section 11
143
Section 12
155
Section 13
156
Section 14
157
Section 23
251
Section 24
273
Section 25
289
Section 26
293
Section 27
314

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About the author (2006)

Dan Hicks is Lecturer-Curator in Archaeology of the Modern Period at the School of Archaeology and Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford. He is also a Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford and a Research Fellow at the Department of Archaeology, Boston University. Mary C. Beaudry is Professor of Archaeology and Anthropology, Boston University.

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