A powerful and innovative argument that explores the complexity of the human relationship
with material things, demonstrating how humans and societies are entrapped into the …

This book explores the diverse understandings of the archaeological record in both
historical and contemporary perspective, while also serving as a guide to reassessing …

The currently accepted narrative on the prehistory of bronze alloying technology follows
deterministic, outdated assumptions of technological progression that ignore the role of …

A lively and accessible introduction to themes and debates in archaeological theory for
students of all levels Archaeological Theory is a relatable, accessible, reader-friendly first …

Introduction sir Mortimer Wheeler, that illustrious voice of a reasoned archaeological
imagination, never tired in asserting that archaeologists dig up people, not things (1954, v; …

In exploring human‐thing entanglement I wish to make five points.(1) Humans depend on
things. In much of the new work in the social and human sciences in which humans and …

My ethnoarchaeological experience among the Kalinga changed forever the way I look at
pottery. When I pick up a vessel and see the patterns of soot, I can also smell the smoky …

Since the pioneering days of Paleolithic archaeology in western Europe, the making of stone
tools has received special attention. Numerous studies were aimed at creating systematic …

Why are people so interested in what they and others throw away? This book shows how
this interest in what we discard is far from new-it is integral to how we make, build and …

An Archaeology of Resistance: Materiality and Time in an African Borderland studies the
tactics of resistance deployed by a variety of indigenous communities in the borderland …