The Archaeology of Anxiety: The Materiality of Anxiousness, Worry, and Fear.

220 Pages·2016·10.67 MB·English

by  Jeffrey Fleisher

Jeff rey Fleisher
Neil Norman Editors
The
Archaeology
of Anxiety
The Materiality of Anxiousness, Worry,
and Fear
The Archaeology of Anxiety

Jeffrey Fleisher • Neil Norman
Editors
The Archaeology of Anxiety
The Materiality of Anxiousness,
Worry, and Fear
Editors
Jeffrey Fleisher Neil Norman
Department of Anthropology Department of Anthropology
Rice University College of William and Mary
Houston , TX , USA Williamsburg , VA , USA
ISBN 978-1-4939-3230-6 ISBN 978-1-4939-3231-3 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-3231-3
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Contents
1 Archaeologies of Anxiety: The Materiality of Anxiousness,
Worry, and Fear ........................................................................................ 1
Jeffrey Fleisher and Neil Norman
2 The Importance of “Getting It Right:” Tracing Anxiety
in Mesolithic Burial Rituals ..................................................................... 21
Liv Nilsson Stutz
3 Risky Business: A Life Full of Obligations to the Dead
and the Living on the Early Bronze Age Southeastern
Dead Sea Plain, Jordan ............................................................................. 41
Meredith S. Chesson
4 Hid in Death’s Dateless Night: The Lure of an Uncanny
Landscape in Bronze Age Anatolia ......................................................... 67
Tim Flohr Sørensen and Stephen Lumsden
5 Feet of Clay: An Archaeology of Huedan Elite Anxiety
in the Era of Atlantic Trade ..................................................................... 95
Neil L. Norman
6 Communities of Anxiety: Gathering and Dwelling
at Causewayed Enclosures in the British Neolithic ................................ 121
Oliver J. T. Harris
7 Bodily Protection: Dress, Health, and Anxiety in Colonial
New England.............................................................................................. 141
Diana DiPaolo Loren
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8 Ritualized Coping During War: Conflict, Congregation,
and Emotions at the Late Pre- Hispanic Fortress of Acaray ................. 157
Margaret Brown Vega
9 “Concern”ing Contributions to This Volume ......................................... 187
Susan Kus
Index ................................................................................................................. 213
Contributors
Margaret Brown Vega Department of Anthropology , Indiana University-Purdue
University Fort Wayne , Fort Wayne , IN , USA
Meredith S. Chesson Department of Anthropology , University of Notre Dame ,
Notre Dame , IN , USA
Jeffrey Fleisher Department of Anthropology , Rice University , Houston , TX , USA
Oliver J. T. Harris S chool of Archaeology and Ancient History, U niversity of Leicester,
Leicester , UK
Susan Kus Department of Anthropology and Sociology , Rhodes College , Memphis ,
TN , USA
Diana DiPaolo Loren Peabody Museum, Harvard University , Cambridge , MA , USA
Stephen Lumsden D epartment of the Ancient Cultures of Denmark and the
Mediterranean , The National Museum of Denmark , Copenhagen , Denmark
Liv Nilsson Stutz Department of Anthropology , Emory University , Atlanta , GA , USA
Neil L. Norman D epartment of Anthropology, C ollege of William and Mary,
Williamsburg , VA , USA
Tim Flohr Sørensen The Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen ,
Denmark
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About the Editors
Jeffrey Fleisher (B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia) is an Associate
Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Rice University in Houston, Texas.
His regional specialty is on the ancient Swahili coast of eastern Africa, focusing on
the development of fi rst and second millennium urban centers there. His past
research has focused on the ancient settlements of rural and non-elite Swahili, and
their connections and contributions to urban developments. Currently, he directs
a long-term project at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Songo Mnara in southern
Tanzania, focusing on the use of open and public space.
Neil Norman (B.A., Flagler College; M.A., University of South Carolina;
Ph.D., University of Virginia) is an Associate Professor in the Department of
Anthropology at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA. His special-
ties are the archaeology of social complexity and historical archaeology. At present,
he directs the Savi Countryside Archaeological Project (Republic of Benin) and the
Africatown Archaeological Project (Mobile, Alabama) and co-directs the Later
Zanzibar Archaeological Project (Republic of Tanzania).
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