An Archaeology of the Contemporary Era approaches the contemporary age, between the
late nineteenth and twenty-first centuries, as an archaeological period defined by specific …

Global crises drastically alter human behavior, rapidly impacting patterns of movement and
consumption. A rapid-response analysis of material culture brings new perspective to …

While not a traditional focus of archaeological research in the region, historical archaeology
has a growing presence in the Middle East. Themes explored by colleagues interested in …

The archaeology of the contemporary past involves making the familiar unfamiliar,
interrogating the overlooked or infra-ordinary. While this is often conceptualized in terms of a …

ABSTRACT Tehran's Archaeology of Garbage project was conducted in 2017–2018 and
with the initial aim of monitoring the impacts of currency devaluation on poor people. In …

Students and academics sometimes allow themselves to express the opinion that “not much
has changed in field archaeology over the last twenty years”. The reason is easily explained …

Earthquake Archaeology: Page 1 © 2015 Equinox Publishing ltd Journal of Contemporary
Archaeology 1.2 (2014) 277–296 issn (print) 2051-3429 (online) 2051-3437 doi:10.1558/jca.v1i2.20487 …

Bam residents have lived for years in their city in south-eastern Iran, engaging in palm
cultivation and trade. However, a dramatic change occurred on 26 December 2003–a 6.8 …

The past, present, and future of global historical archaeology is addressed first through a
comparative analysis of the development of the discipline in North America and the British …

How does breaking boundaries and passing identity red lines affect social and personal
life? How do people with contradictory identities experience life in a traditional society …