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 …

Under the influence of phenomenological approaches, a semiotic perspective on the body is
being replaced in archaeology by analysis of the production and experience of lived bodies …

Archaeological Theory in the New Millennium provides an account of the changing world of
archaeological theory and a challenge to more traditional narratives of archaeological …

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Bodies intrigue us. They promise windows into the past that other archaeological finds
cannot by bringing us literally face to face with history. Yet'the body'is also highly contested …

Change and Archaeology explores how archaeologists have historically described,
interpreted, and explained change, and argues that change has been under-theorised. The …

The first edition of The Archaeology of Childhood has been credited by many as launching
an entire new area of scholarship in archaeology. This second edition, published 17 years …

The duality of the skeleton as both a biological and cultural entity has formed the theoretical
basis of bioarchaeology. In recent years bioarchaeological studies have stretched the early …

Current images portray childhood as primarily a time of play and learning, de-emphasizing
children's economic contributions and relegating them, like women, to the less-visible realm …

An Archaeology of the Cosmos seeks answers to two fundamental questions of humanity
and human history. The first question concerns that which some use as a defining element of …