International Handbook of Historical Archaeology

719 Pages·2009·12.44 MB·English

by  Jamie C. Brandon (auth.)

International Handbook of Historical
Archaeology
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Teresita Majewski David Gaimster
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Editors
International Handbook
of Historical Archaeology
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Editors
TeresitaMajewski DavidGaimster
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DOI10.1007/978-0-387-72071-5
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Coverimages
Frontcover(clockwisefromtop):ArmstrongandHauserFigure2frombook,BocadeNiguasugar
estate,DominicanRepublic,photographbyD.Armstrong(alsoappearsonbackcover);Doroszenko
Figure 2 (right) from book, gold seals attributed to David Kirke discovered at Ferryland,
Newfoundland, courtesy Dr. James Tuck; Martin Figure 1 from book, Gasholder, Troy, New
York, documented by HAER in Mohawk-Hudson Area Survey, courtesy HAER Collections,
LibraryofCongress,Washington,D.C.;WaselkovFigure4(right)frombook,greenlead-glazed
earthenware jug, ca. 1760, from the first Intendant’s Palace, Que´bec City, courtesy Lise Jodoin,
Laboratoirederestauration/conservation,De´partementd’histoire,Universite´ Laval(alsoappearson
spine).
Backcover(clockwisefromleft):DoroszenkoFigure2(left)frombook,goldsealsattributedto
David Kirke discovered at Ferryland, Newfoundland, courtesy Dr. James Tuck; Armstrong and
HauserFigure15(left)frombook,red-and-gold-enameledporcelainfromtheeighteenth-century
DanishEastIndiestrade,photographbyD.Armstrong;WhiteandBeaudryFigure3frombook,a
transfer-printed and overglaze-enameled white earthenware plate from the Spencer-Peirce-Little
Farm,Newbury,Massachusetts,photographbyMichaelHamilton.
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Dedicated to the memories of my parents, Thelma F. Majewski
(1906–1996)andBernardL.Majewski (1895–1967),whosespoken
and unspoken life lessons have been invaluable for me.
Teresita Majewski
DedicatedtothememoryofRev.LeslieR.Gaimster(1914–2002)for
all his encouragement and inspiration.
David Gaimster
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Contents
Contributors................................................. xi
Acknowledgments ............................................ xv
Introduction................................................. xvii
DavidGaimsterandTeresitaMajewski
PartI Themes,Issues,andApproaches
1 ANorthAmericanPerspectiveonRaceandClassinHistorical
Archaeology............................................. 3
JamieC.Brandon
2 EthicalIssuesinHistoricalArchaeology ....................... 17
MaryC.Beaudry
3 Colonies,Colonialism,andCulturalEntanglement:TheArchaeology
ofPostcolumbianInterculturalRelations....................... 31
KurtA.Jordan
4 LandscapeApproachesinHistoricalArchaeology:TheArchaeology
ofPlaces................................................ 51
NicoleBranton
5 HistoricalArchaeologyandtheEnvironment:ANorthAmerican
Perspective.............................................. 67
DonaldL.Hardesty
6 AnUpdateonZooarchaeologyandHistoricalArchaeology:Progress
andProspects............................................ 77
DavidB.Landon
7 Going,Going,Gone:UnderwaterCulturalResourcesinDecline..... 105
DonaldH.KeithandToniL.Carrell
8 PreparingforanAfterlifeonEarth:TheTransformationofMortuary
BehaviorinNineteenth-CenturyNorthAmerica.................. 141
CharlesH.LeeDecker
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9 MakingHistoricalArchaeologyPostcolonial.................... 159
MarkP.Leone
10 TheCurrentStateandFutureProspectsofTheoryinEuropean
Post-MedievalArchaeology................................. 169
PaulCourtney
11 BeyondConsumption:TowardanArchaeologyofConsumerism ..... 191
TeresitaMajewskiandMichaelBrianSchiffer
12 ArtifactsandPersonalIdentity .............................. 209
CarolynL.WhiteandMaryC.Beaudry
13 DarwinismandHistoricalArchaeology ........................ 227
MichaelJ.O’BrienandR.LeeLyman
14 World-SystemsTheory,Networks,andModern-World
Archaeology............................................. 253
CharlesE.Orser,Jr.
15 Wholes,Halves,andVacantQuarters:EthnohistoryandtheHistorical
Method................................................. 269
PaulR.Picha
16 IndustrialArchaeology..................................... 285
PatrickE.Martin
17 StudyingtheArchaeologyofWar:AModelBasedonthe
InvestigationofFrontierMilitarySitesintheAmerican
Trans-MississippiWest .................................... 299
DouglasD.Scott
18 Men–WomenandChildren:GenderandtheStructuringofHistorical
Archaeology............................................. 319
AndreaC.Vermeer
19 InterpretiveHistoricalArchaeologies.......................... 333
LaurieA.Wilkie
20 AsianAmericanStudiesinHistoricalArchaeology ............... 347
EdwardStaski
PartII HistoricalArchaeologyonaGlobalScale
21 FamilyResemblances:ABriefOverviewofHistory,Anthropology,
andHistoricalArchaeologyintheUnitedStates ................. 363
BarbaraJ.Little
22 TheArchaeologyofLaFlorida .............................. 383
CharlesR.Ewen
23 HistoricalArchaeologyinSouthAmerica ...................... 399
PedroFunari,Andre´sZarankin,andMelisaA.Salerno
Contents ix
24 HistoricalArchaeologyinCentralandNorthernMesoamerica:
DevelopmentandCurrentStatus ............................. 409
ThomasH.Charlton,PatriciaFournier,andCynthiaL.OtisCharlton
25 HistoricalArchaeologyinYucatanandCentralAmerica........... 429
WilliamR.Fowler
26 ArchaeologiesoftheAfricanDiaspora:Brazil,Cuba,
andtheUnitedStates...................................... 449
TheresaSingletonandMarcosAndre´ TorresdeSouza
27 OntheFringesofNewSpain:TheNorthernBorderlands
andthePacific ........................................... 471
RussellK.Skowronek
28 Exploration,Exploitation,Expansion,andSettlement:Historical
ArchaeologyinCanada .................................... 507
DenaDoroszenko
29 AnEmbarrassmentofRiches?Post-MedievalArchaeologyinNorthern
andCentralEurope ....................................... 525
DavidGaimster
30 TheDevelopmentofPost-MedievalArchaeologyinBritain:AHistorical
Perspective.............................................. 549
GeoffEgan
31 ThePracticeandSubstanceofHistoricalArchaeologyinSub-Saharan
Africa.................................................. 565
NatalieSwanepoel
32 ASeaofDiversity:HistoricalArchaeologyintheCaribbean........ 583
DouglasV.ArmstrongandMarkW.Hauser
33 FrenchColonialArchaeology................................ 613
GregoryA.Waselkov
34 NativesandNewcomersintheAntipodes:HistoricalArchaeology
inAustraliaandNewZealand ............................... 629
SusanLawrenceandPeterDavies
35 AboveandBeyondAncientMounds:TheArchaeologyoftheModern
PeriodsintheMiddleEastandEasternMediterranean............ 647
UziBaram
Index...................................................... 663