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Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 860
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Anthropology & Archeology of Eurasia
Author: Fitful Histories and Unruly Publics: Rethinking Temporality and Community in Eurasian Archaeology
Author: Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004325476
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
Fitful Histories and Unruly Publics re-examines the relationship between Eurasia’s past and its present by interrogating the social construction of time and the archaeological production of culture. Traditionally, archaeological research in Eurasia has focused on assembling normative descriptions of monolithic cultures that endure for millennia, largely immune to the forces of historical change. The papers in this volume seek to document forces of difference and contestation in the past that were produced in the perceptible engagements of peoples, things, and places. The research gathered here convincingly demonstrates that these forces made social life in ancient Eurasia rather more fitful and its publics considerably more unruly than archaeological research has traditionally allowed. Contributors are Mikheil Abramishvili, Paula N. Doumani Dupuy, Magnus Fiskesjö, Hilary Gopnik, Emma Hite, Jean-Luc Houle, Erik G. Johannesson, James A. Johnson, Lori Khatchadourian, Ian Lindsay, Maureen E. Marshall, Mitchell S. Rothman, Irina Shingiray, Adam T. Smith, Kathryn O. Weber and Xin Wu.
The Archaeology of Power and Politics in Eurasia
Author: Charles W. HartleyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139789384
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
For thousands of years, the geography of Eurasia has facilitated travel, conquest and colonization by various groups, from the Huns in ancient times to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in the past century. This book brings together archaeological investigations of Eurasian regimes and revolutions ranging from the Bronze Age to the modern day, from Eastern Europe and the Caucasus in the west to the Mongolian steppe and the Korean Peninsula in the east. The authors examine a wide-ranging series of archaeological studies in order to better understand the role of politics in the history and prehistory of the region. This book re-evaluates the significance of power, authority and ideology in the emergence and transformation of ancient and modern societies in this vast continent.
Fifty Years of Archeology in Eurasia
Author: Marjorie Mandelstam BalzerPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia
Author: Fifty Years of Archeology in Eurasia
Author: Landscape and Culture in Northern Eurasia
Author: Peter JordanPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315425645
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
This unique volume aims to break down the lingering linguistic boundaries that continue to divide up the circumpolar world, to move beyond ethnographic ‘thick description’ to integrate the study of northern Eurasian hunting and herding societies more effectively by encouraging increased international collaboration between archaeologists, ethnographers and historians, and to open new directions for archaeological investigation of spirituality and northern landscape traditions. Authors examine the life-ways and beliefs of the indigenous peoples of northern Eurasia; chapters contribute ethnographic, ethnohistoric and archaeological case-studies stretching from Fennoscandia, through Siberia, and into Chukotka and the Russian Far East.
Fifty Years of Archeology in Eurasia
Author: Social Complexity in Prehistoric Eurasia
Author: Bryan K. HanksPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521517125
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 439
Book Description
Challenges current interpretations of social and cultural change in prehistoric Eurasia, through a thematic investigation of archaeological patterns.
Eurasia at the Dawn of History
Author: Manuel Fernández-GötzPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316943178
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 439
Book Description
Our current world is characterized by life in cities, the existence of social inequalities, and increasing individualization. When and how did these phenomena arise? What was the social and economic background for the development of hierarchies and the first cities? The authors of this volume analyze the processes of centralization, cultural interaction, and social differentiation that led to the development of the first urban centres and early state formations of ancient Eurasia, from the Atlantic coasts to China. The chronological framework spans a period from the Neolithic to the Late Iron Age, with a special focus on the early first millennium BC. By adopting an interdisciplinary approach structured around the concepts of identity and materiality, this book addresses the appearance of a range of key phenomena that continue to shape our world.