In the 1970s, public archaeology, a major theme in anthropology, sought to articulate the
field's new orientation toward engaging the nonprofessional, general public, particularly in …

Archaeology and anthropology, despite their commonalities, have had a rather asymmetrical
relationship, and the periodic attempts at closer collaboration resulted in mutual frustration …

“This book exhorts the reader to embrace the materiality of archaeology by recognizing how
every step in the discipline's scientific processes involves interaction with myriad physical …

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This article sketches the project of a symmetrical archaeology in brief. At a point when
archaeology has arguably never been more relevant, it finds itself in a climate of necessary …

This paper explores a central paradox in the aims of the archaeology of the contemporary
past as they have been articulated by its practitioners. On the one hand, its aim has been …

In this introductory essay to this volume, we chart and survey an emerging field, that of
archaeological ethnography. We show its links and associations with both disciplinary and …

One weeknight just after dark, I attended a slide show of archaeological wonders presented
by the INAH-Yucatán's head of security in Kochol. I, along with thirty or so women and …

Excavations at Çatalhöyük have been ongoing for over 20 years and have involved multi-
national teams, a diverse range of archaeological specialists and a vast archive of records …

For more than 200 years, archaeological sites in the Middle East have been dug, sifted,
sorted, and saved by local community members who, in turn, developed immense expertise …