The contribution of the physical sciences to the reconstruction of the production technology
(ie, processing of raw materials, forming, surface treatments and firing methods) for …

The impressive list of the achievements of the Neolithic of the southern Levant encompasses
village life, crop domestication, ceramic technology, and life-like plaster sculpture. Together …

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 …

This work takes as its starting point the role of fieldwork and how this has changed over the
past 150 years. The author argues against progressive accounts of fieldwork and instead …

We furnish a theoretical framework for explaining that portion of formal variability in artifacts
attributable to the behavior of the artisan. Major causal factors are the artisan's knowledge …

Archaeologists are adept at analyzing variation in artifacts. The discipline has well
established and tested methods to track change through time and to evaluate the function of …

Professor Smith uses Nubia as a case study to explore the nature of ethnic identity. Recent
research suggests that ethnic boundaries are permeable, and that ethnic identities are …

In this ground-breaking work, the distinguished anthropological theorist, Michael Brian
Schiffer, presents a profound challenge to the social sciences. Through a broad range of …

As early as the first millennium AD, the Philippine archipelago formed the easternmost edge
of a vast network of Chinese, Southeast Asian, Indian, and Arab traders. Items procured …

Is archaeology an art or a science? This question has been hotly debated over the last few
decades with the rise of archaeological science. At the same time, archaeologists have seen …