Preface vi peer-reviewers. For all its emphasis on things–redressing a long-lost balance–
this volume emphatically does not deny the essential contribution of human agency. Our …

We review human effects on biodiversity using archaeological and ethnographic cases with
contrasting ecologies, population densities, and economies. Relevant trends include …

In February's edition of Antiquity Koji Mizoguchi launched our new feature,'Archaeological
Futures', with his thoughts on the regional traditions of archaeology in a globalised world. In …

Numerous doctoral degree holders were trained in African archaeometallurgy in the Global
North as well as on the African continent. African archaeometallurgy continues to attract a …

An urgency compels us to engage how archaeology relates to contemporary situations and
future dilemmas as citizens anxiously contemplate their futures. We see “crowd‐sourced” …

As in most European countries and elsewhere, Spanish commercial archaeology is a
business model based on the theoretical and technical principles of safeguarding heritage …

Is the 'material'or 'ontological'turn a major new paradigm in archaeological theory? Or is it
another iteration of the cycle of piecemeal innovation which has created a very fragmented …

This book offers an attempt at a 'history from below'for one Ancient Egyptian province. For
this type of history writing, the province named Wadjet ('Cobra'), just south of Asyut in Upper …

Many archaeologists are currently stuck in a mindset in which attention is paid exclusively to
ideas that are 'new'and 'revolutionary'. This fetishization of the 'new'leads us down a …

This paper presents a vision and a pathway for the future of archaeological practice, in
which several fields that are currently considered distinct, including community-based …