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- Über diese AusgabeISBN: 9780813073064, 0813073065Seitenanzahl: 288Veröffentlicht: 5. März 2024Format: E-BookVerlag: University Press of FloridaSprache: EnglischAutor: William R. CaraherZitation erstellenInhalt
An introduction to the field of contemporary archaeology as practiced in the United States
This book is the first survey of contemporary archaeology, a field that focuses on the study of the past 50 years, in the United States. William Caraher demonstrates the plurality of theoretical and methodological approaches that make this discipline in the US unique, including the application of anthropological methods such as ethnography and oral history and the contributions of collaborative and community-based research.
Opening with a case study of the excavation of Atari games from a municipal landfill in Alamogordo, New Mexico, Caraher invites readers into discussions of the archaeology of garbage, consumer objects, and digital music and video devices. He then synthesizes re...
Quelle: VerlagWeitere Informationen zu dieser AusgabeWeniger anzeigenWeitere AusgabenHäufige Begriffe und WortgruppenAlamogordo landfillAmerican experienceAnthropoceneapproachArchaeogamingarchaeological practicesarchaeology of contemporaryartifactsassemblageassociatedAtari depositAtari gamesboomborderscampuscapitalismCaraherchallengeschapterChristopher TilleyCold Warcommunitiescomplexconsumer culturecontemporary American experienceContemporary Archaeologycontemporary worldWeitere Begriffe und WortgruppenWeniger anzeigenBuch besorgenAusleihenIn Bücherei suchenIn "WorldCat" suchen.Auf WorldCat suchenÜber das WerkDatum der Erstveröffentlichung: 2024AutorWilliam R. CaraherWilliam R. Caraher, associate professor of history at the University of North Dakota, is coauthor of The Bakken: An Archaeology of an Industrial Landscape.In William R. Caraher suchenMehr von diesem AutorThe BakkenAn Archaeology of an Industrial LandscapeVon William Rodney Caraher, Bret A. WeberThe arrival of fracking technology in western North Dakota led to an industrial renaissance that transformed sleepy farm communities into crucial cogs in the global extractive economy. Fracking ...VerlagUniversity Press of FloridaIn University Press of Florida suchenMehr aus der Sammlung dieses PublishersThe archaeology of race and racialization in historic AmericaVon Charles E. OrserWith the advent of this book, the ability of archaeologists to contribute to the study of race no longer can be doubted. By focusing on "racialization," the marginalizing process in which racial ...The Archaeology of Collective ActionVon Dean J. SaittaSaitta examines historical archaeology's success in reconstructing collective social action in the past and considers the implications of these reconstructions for society today. Recognizing that ...The archaeology of institutional confinementVon Eleanor Conlin CasellaThe study of American institutional confinement, its presumed successes, failures, and controversies, is incomplete without examining the remnants of relevant sites no longer standing. Asking what ...Weitere Bücher