{"product_id":"engaging-archaeology-isbn-9781119240501","title":"Engaging Archaeology","description":"\u003cp\u003eBringing together 25 case studies from archaeological projects worldwide, \u003ci\u003eEngaging Archaeology\u003c\/i\u003e candidly explores personal experiences, successes, challenges, and even frustrations from established and senior archaeologists who share invaluable practical advice for students and early-career professionals engaged in planning and carrying out their own archaeological research.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith engaging chapters, such as ‘How Not to Write a PhD Thesis on Neolithic Italy’ and ‘Accidentally Digging Central America's Earliest Village’, readers are transported to the desks, digs, and data-labs of the authors, learning the skills, tricks of the trade, and potential pit-falls of archaeological fieldwork and collections research. Case studies collectively span many regions, time periods, issues, methods, and materials. From the pre-Columbian Andes to Viking Age Iceland, North America to the Middle East, Medieval Ireland to remote north Australia, and Europe to Africa and India, \u003ci\u003eEngaging Archaeology\u003c\/i\u003e is packed with rich, first-hand source material.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnique and thoughtful, Stephen W. Silliman’s guide is an essential course book for early-stage researchers, advanced undergraduates, and new graduate students, as well as those teaching and mentoring. It will also be insightful and enjoyable reading for veteran archaeologists.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Figures ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Tables xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Engaging Archaeology: An Introduction and a Guide 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen W. Silliman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Landscapes, Settlements, and Regions 13\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Climbing Hillforts and Thinking about Warfare in the Pre]Columbian Andes 15\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eElizabeth Arkush\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Losing Control in the American Southwest: Collaborative Archaeology in the Service of Descendant Communities 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatthew Liebmann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Getting It Wrong for All the Right Reasons: Developing an Approach to Systematic Settlement Survey for Viking Age Iceland 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn M. Steinberg, Douglas J. Bolender, and Brian N. Damiata\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Archaeological Projects in India: Decolonizing Archaeological Research, Assessing Success, and Valuing Failure 41\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUzma Z. Rizvi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Lifeways of the First Australians: Regional Archaeology in the Remote North of Australia 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJane Balme\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Kuril Biocomplexity Project: Anatomy of an Interdisciplinary Research Program in the North Pacific 61\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBen Fitzhugh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Listen for the Echo of Drums Across the Water: Rock Art Sites as Engaged Community Research in Ontario, Canada 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn William Norder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Heart of Lightness: Doing Archaeology in the Brazilian Central Amazon 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEduardo G. Neves\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Sites, Households, and Communities 87\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Household Archaeology at the Community Scale? Refining Research Design in a Complex Polynesian Chiefdom 89\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJennifer G. Kahn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Research Spaces from Borderland Places – Late Woodland Archaeology in Southern Ontario 99\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNeal Ferris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Ethnoarchaeology of Pottery in Tigray, Ethiopia: Engaging with Marginalized People 109\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiane Lyons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Integrating Paleoethnobotany in Investigations of Spanish Colonialism in the American Southwest 119\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeather B. Trigg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Framing Local History with Global Archaeological Lenses in Osun Grove, Nigeria 127\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAkinwumi Ogundiran\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Rooting in New England: Archaeologies of Colonialism, Community, and Collaboration 135\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen W. Silliman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Accidentally Digging Central America’s Earliest Village 143\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRosemary A. Joyce\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Slouching Towards Theory: Implementing Bioarchaeological Research at Petra, Jordan 151\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMegan A. Perry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 In Archaeology, “You Get What You Get,” and Most of the Time What You Get Is Unexpected: Investigating Paleoindians in Western North America 159\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTed Goebel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Archaeologies of a Medieval Irish Castle: Thinking about Trim 169\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTadhg O’Keeffe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Materials, Collections, and Analyses 179\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Dr. Stage]Love, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love  My Dissertation on Race, Pipes, and Classification in the Chesapeake 181\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnna S. Agbe]Davies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Lessons Learned in Seriating Maya Pottery 189\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLisa J. LeCount\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 The Bones from the Other Tell: Zooarchaeology at Çatalhöyük West 199\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Orton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Disrupting Fixed Narratives: Researching Colonial Dress and Identity in Museum Collections 209\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiana DiPaolo Loren\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Reverse Engineering in Prehistory: The Neolithic Bow of La Draga, Spain 219\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJuan A. Barceló, Vera Moitinho de Almeida, Oriol López-Bultó, Antoni Palomo, and Xavier Terradas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Learning about Learning in Ice Age France through Stone Tools: An Intersectional Feminist Approach without Gender 227\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKathleen Sterling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 How Not to Write a PhD Thesis: Some Real]Life Lessons from 1990s Michigan and Prehistoric Italy 235\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Robb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Central to the vibrancy of this collection is voice. The chapters are clearly narratives, not academic tomes.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCanadian Journal of Archaeology\/Journal canadien d’archéologie\u003c\/i\u003e 45:98-100 (2021)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This volume is a refreshing read for all archaeological researchers, and a must for those just beginning their archaeological careers. It is a book I wish I had been able to read sooner. The case studies are fascinating in themselves, but, accompanied by the less frequently shared experiences of the researchers—both the highs and lows—their value is increased. Authors offer advice on how to enjoy the process of research, rather than its culmination in print (Anna Agbe-Davies), and the importance of drinking tea and shifting methodologies in dismantling the colonial power structures upon which an archaeologist may stand (Uzma Rizvi). The message that echoes throughout the volume is to remain flexible and learn how to value failure, for the experience of the archaeologist, as Arkush states, 'is always getting it wrong, but a little less wrong than before.'\" \u003cb\u003e(\u003ci\u003eAntiquity\u003c\/i\u003e 2020 Vol. 94 (377): 1387-1394, \u003ci\u003eNew Book Chronicle,\u003c\/i\u003e Claire Nesbitt)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eStephen W. Silliman\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor - and current Department Chair - in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He has conducted fieldwork in the Northeastern USA, the American West Coast, Bermuda, and Japan. His research interests focus on Native American history, colonialism and post-colonialism, identity, social and practice theories, collaborative research, and the politics of heritage.      \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Bringing together 25 case studies from archaeological projects worldwide, \u003cem\u003eEngaging Archaeology\u003c\/em\u003e candidly explores personal experiences, successes, challenges, and even frustrations from established and senior archaeologists who share invaluable practical advice for students and early-career professionals engaged in planning and carrying out their own archaeological research.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e With engaging chapters, such as 'How Not to Write a PhD Thesis: Some Real-Life Lessons from 1990s Michigan and Prehistoric Italy\" and \"Accidentally Digging Central America's Earliest Village\", aspiring and established archaeologist readers are transported to the desks, digs, and data-labs of the authors, learning the skills, tricks of the trade, and potential pit-falls. Case studies collectively span many regions, time periods, issues, methods, and materials. From the pre-Columbian Andes to Viking Age Iceland, North America to the Middle East, Medieval Ireland to remote North Australia, and Europe to Africa and India, \u003cem\u003eEngaging Archaeology\u003c\/em\u003e is packed with rich, first-hand source material.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Unique and thoughtful, Stephen W. Silliman's guide is an essential course book for early-stage researchers, advanced undergraduates, and new graduate students, as well as those teaching and mentoring. It will also be insightful and enjoyable reading for veteran archaeologists.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989135540453,"sku":"NP9781119240501","price":86.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119240501.jpg?v=1761782940","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/engaging-archaeology-isbn-9781119240501","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}