We furnish a theoretical framework for explaining that portion of formal variability in artifacts
attributable to the behavior of the artisan. Major causal factors are the artisan's knowledge …

From examinations of prehistoric burial to understanding post-industrial spaces and heritage
practices, the writing of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari is gaining increasing importance …

Feasting is one of humanity's most universal and unique social behaviors. Although
evidence for feasting is common in the early agricultural societies of the Neolithic, evidence …

En este artículo sostenemos que entre las sociedades circumpuneñas del Período de
Desarrollos Regionales Tardío (1250-1430 DC) se encontraban ya presentes varias de las …

Diversity in archaeology's social theories is desirable, but factioning of the discipline into
antagonistic, paradigm-based camps undermines the scientific enterprise. In order to …

El Período Tardío del Noroeste Argentino ha sido caracterizado como una época de
creciente complejidad, desigualdad social y estratificación político-económica …

Magic and witchcraft, classic topics in the anthropology of religion, involve everyday things
such as ashes, ceramics, minerals, shell, and projectile points. In many cultures, people …

Although lowland Britain in 300 CE had been as Roman as any province in the empire, in
the generations on either side of 400, urban life, the money economy, and the functioning …

Differentiating the material patterning between domestic refuse from squatters and
ceremonial trash generated from termination rituals has been difficult for Maya …

Loney's (2000) recent paper claims that American archaeologists have paid scant attention
to the study of technological, especially ceramic, change. We argue that, in fact, interest in …