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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462713603321

Titolo

Archaeology and anthropology [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Duncan Garrow and Thomas Yarrow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, U.K. ; ; Oakville, Conn., : Oxbow Books, 2010

ISBN

1-84217-807-5

1-84217-809-1

1-299-48508-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GarrowDuncan

YarrowThomas <1977->

Disciplina

301

Soggetti

Forensic archaeology

Forensic anthropology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; List of figures; Notes on the contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: archaeological anthropology; 2. Not knowing as knowledge: asymmetry between archaeology and anthropology; 3. Triangulating absence: exploring the fault-lines between archaeology and anthropology; 4. Spaces that were not densely occupied - questioning 'ephemeral'evidence; 5. On the boundary: new perspectives from ethnography of archaeology; 6. Archaeology and the anthropology of memory: takes on the recent past; 7. Resolving archaeological and ethnographic tensions: a case study from South-Central California

8. Words and things: thick description in archaeology and anthropology 9. Re-evaluating the long term: civilisation and temporalities; 10. Relational personhood as a subject of anthropology and archaeology:comparative and complementary analyses; 11. No more ancient;  no more human: the future past of archaeologyand anthropology; 12. Commentary. Boundary objects and asymmetries; 13. Commentary. Walls and bridges; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on the relationship between the disciplines of archaeology and anthropology. Both disciplines arose from a common



project: a desire to understand human social and cultural diversity. However, in recent years, archaeology's interest in anthropology has remained largely unreciprocated. To date, the causes and consequences of this imbalance have received little attention, particularly within anthropology. Including papers by eminent thinkers within both disciplines, this book sheds new light on issues of disciplinary identity. The contributors show how a lack of collaboration has