A historical archaeology of the modern world
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Bibliographic Information
A historical archaeology of the modern world
（Contributions to global historical archaeology）
Plenum Press, c1996
Available at 7 libraries
Note
Bibliography: p. 205-239
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This unique book offers a theoretical framework for historical archaeology that explicitly relies on network theory. Charles E. Orser, Jr., demonstrates the need to examine the impact of colonialism, Eurocentrism, capitalism, and modernity on all archaeological sites inhabited after 1492 and shows how these large-scale forces create a link among all the sites. Orser investigates the connections between a seventeenth-century runaway slave kingdom in Palmares, Brazil and an early nineteenth-century peasant village in central Ireland. Studying artifacts, landscapes, and social inequalities in these two vastly different cultures, the author explores how the archaeology of fugitive Brazilian slaves and poor Irish farmers illustrates his theoretical concepts. His research underscores how network theory is largely unknown in historical archaeology and how few historical archaeologists apply a global perspective in their studies. A Historical Archaeology of the Modern World features data and illustrations from two previously unknown sites and includes such intriguing findings as the provenance of ancient Brazilian smoking pipes that will be new to historical archaeologists.
Table of Contents
The Crisis in Historical Archaeology. Men, Women, Nets, and Archaeologists. The Haunts of Historical Archaeology. The Haunts Confer at Gorttoose. The Entangled World of Artifacts. Invented Place, Created Space. Can the Subaltern Speak? Think Globally, Dig Locally. Index.
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