【Archaeology】An Annotated WWII Underwater Archaeology Bibliography
With four decades of WWII underwater archaeology publications, the time is nigh to create a comprehensive bibliography and conduct an analysis of tren... [more]
【Archaeology】Dirt in the Wounds: Confronting Hard Histories through Public Community Archaeology in Boston
The majority of Boston's residents are minorities. These minority residents confront the ongoing effects of racism, including the hard histories of e... [more]
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The Sadan Island shipwreck: An eighteenth-century AD merchantman off the Red Sea coast of Egypt
In 1995-8 the Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA), in cooperation with the Supreme Council of Antiquities for Egypt (SCA), excavated an Ottoman period wreck at Sadana Island on the Red Sea coast of Egypt. The 50m long hull represents a form of wooden
Megalithic engineering techniques: experiments using axe-based technology
The author reports on experiments in megalithic construction using axe-based technology and proposes methods whereby relatively small groups of skilled workers could effectively transport and erect standing stones and dolmen.
Fair prehistory:: Archaeological exhibits at French Expositions-Universelles
International exhibitions in the 19th century were used as showcases for scientific and technological advances, but also often included exhibits of objects from the past, including prehistoric times. Three Expositions Universelles held in Paris 1867, 1878
The aesthetics of depositional practice
An archaeology of aesthetics can be more than a study of past artistic evaluation. It can be extended to encompass an understanding of styles of action considered proper and efficacious, and which drew in a knowledgeable and skilful fashion on specific un
Methods for the study of ancient hair: Radiocarbon dates and gene sequences form individual hairs
Genetic data from archaeological specimens provides a potent new approach fro addressing questions in prehistory. Hair from archaeological sites is an important but overlooked data source amenable to molecular analysis. To date DNA identification from hai
Where do the lead ingots of the Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer wreck come from? Archaeology compared with
The lead isotope compositions of many different samples from lead ingots of Roman age from two relicts (from Cabrera, and from Saitnes-Maries-de-la-Mer) of the Western Mediterranean have been measured. Other lead isotope analyses of ores, metals or lead i
Slavery and spatial dialectics on Cuban coffee plantations
Slaveholders manipulated the spatial organization of plantations to their advantage in an effort to control the actions of enslaved workers. Slave workers, on the hand, always found ways to resist planter hegemony. Cuban slaveholders, not only employed su
De-particularizing the particular: Approaches to the investigation of well-documented post-medieval
Post-medieval shipwrecks are rich repositories of archaeological evidence with closed and closely integrated contexts. Their value is often enhanced by extensive documentary material. Viewed on its own terms, such evidence, though often of great interest,
Archaeology and the invisible man: The role of slavery in the production of wealth and social class
In this paper we report the analysis of the economic and social strategies employed by illiterate farmer in early nineteenth-century Kentucky to increase his wealth and social position using wealth gained from slave labor and possibly from slave breeding.
Ethnic interpretation in the archaeology of the hunter-gathers in the Prata region
During the 19th century, the Charrua and Minuano Indians participated actively in the definition of the national frontiers in the Prata region. The consolidation of the national States transformed these hunter-gatherers into out-laws, traitors and rebels.
Three-dimensional imaging in archaeology: Its history and future
Whilst digital cameras and computer graphics are staring to be used in archaeological recording, stereoscopic photography tends to be overlooked. This technique has been used successfully in three recent projects and could be beneficial as a means of 3D p
Drawn from memory: The archaeology of aesthetics and the aesthetics of archaeology in Earlier Bronze
In this paper I argue that the visual discourse of archaeological illustration tends to present a specific perspective of the relationship between aesthetics and memory and that this determines how we conceptualize these issues in relation to archaeologic
An assessment of the impact of trees upon archaeology within a relict wetland
An evaluation of a surviving stretch of the Abbot's Way, in the Somerset Levels and Moors, was undertaken to assess the consequences of the previous management regime and inform future management of the site. The scheduled site appeared to have been dewa
Cross-cultural comparative approaches in archaeology
Cross-cultural comparative approaches have been used widely in archaeological research, yet to date none seem to have achieved their full potential. Synchronic cross-cultural comparisons have provided a number of material correlates of behavior, as well a
Archaeology and human genetics: Lessons for both
New research field and areas of scientific specialization often bring division and disciplinary divides. Here Brown & Pluciennik discuss the impact of genetic research on archaeology.