The Archaeology of Landscape

Wilkinson, T. J.

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“…Traditionally defined as a subdiscipline of archaeology (although this position will here be challenged), geoarchaeology does not seem to have followed the same trajectory. One could even say that the combination of the words "geoarchaeology" and "theory" would have appeared rather odd until recent years (although see discussions in Bell, 2004;Hassan, 2004;Wilkinson, 2004;Brown, 2008). Part of the explanation may reside in the fact that, traditionally, geoarchaeologists are recognized as Earth scientists.…”

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“…In recent years geoarchaeologists and environmental archaeologists have been urged to bring social science theory into their discipline (e.g., Bradley, 1993;Wilkinson & Stevens, 2003: 263;Bell, 2004;Boivin, 2004;Walsh, 2004). As the reviews of Bell (2004), Hassan (2004), and Wilkinson (2004) make clear, one should, however, be wary not to overlook earlier, significant efforts to link humans and their environment in socially informed models. One could mention the concept of site catchment analysis (Vita-Finzi & Higgs, 1970).…”

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Socializing geoarchaeology: Insights from Bourdieu's theory of practice applied to Neolithic and Bronze Age Crete

Jusseret

2010

Geoarchaeology

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Because the history of human life is about ways of inhabiting the world, geoarchaeology should play a central role in the archaeological program and cannot be reduced to a mere subspecialty of archaeology with its own autonomous theories and concerns. Hence there is a pressing need for theorizing; geoarchaeology cannot ignore nearly five decades of theoretical debates in archaeology. This contribution endeavors to demonstrate the benefits that may be achieved by practically applying social theories to the interpretation of geoarchaeological results. Pierre Bourdieu's theory of practice inspired a generation of post-processual archaeologists, yet the avenues of interpretation that this opened up have barely been explored in approaches in the Earth sciences to the human past. It is suggested that the work of Bourdieu offers the possibility to sidestep recurrent issues of scale and incompatibilities of resolution between archaeological and geological dating. The argument is sustained by an alternative reading of geoarchaeological results coming from Neolithic and Bronze Age Crete.

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Socializing geoarchaeology: Insights from Bourdieu's theory of practice applied to Neolithic and Bronze Age Crete

Jusseret

2010

Geoarchaeology

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“…While the relatively simple sediment core was the primary tool used in data collection, the theoretical and methodological frameworks behind it are more complex and primarily drawn from geoarchaeology (Butzer 1980;Davidson 1985;Gorham and Bryant 2001;Holliday 2004;Quine 1995;Stein and Farrand 1985;Wheeler 2002;Wilkinson 2004). Geoarchaeology is "the application of concepts and methods of the geosciences to archaeological research" (Waters 1992:3).…”

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Of His Bones are Coral Made: Submerged Cultural Resources, Site Formation Processes, and Multiple Scales of Interpretation in Coastal Ghana

Horlings¹

2012

Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa

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Integrating theoretical and methodological approaches to formation processes across a range of scales from micro-artifact to region and from historical to environmental processes, this work explores the archaeology of the event related to submerged archaeological sites within the Elmina seascape of coastal Ghana. Building on and intersecting with the work of other scholars, this research is a unique approach to the investigation of submerged cultural remains related to historical maritime trade. Remote sensing surveys in 2009 led to the identification of three sites related to maritime trade, adding significantly to the two previously known sites, which include a circa 1650 shipwreck, referred to as the Elmina Wreck, and the remains of an early 18 th century vessel in the Benya Lagoon. Drawing on remote sensing survey data, diver investigations, and the micro-sampling sediment coring technique developed over the course of field research, the historic and physical environment of coastal Elmina is studied as a means of interpreting the unique events surrounding a specific shipwreck, and to relate formation processes across the region to this and other sites. While archaeological evidence is limited, the complex study of formation processes, including the historical contexts of trade and the physical environmental has provided insights into events and practices of trade, destruction and preservation of submerged sites, and has provided a foundation for continued holistic investigation and maritime archaeological studies in the region. The methodological and theoretical approaches to formation processes form a model applicable to maritime research across the globe.

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Surveying the Past

Mate

2022

Mining the Landscape

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The Archaeology of Landscape

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Socializing geoarchaeology: Insights from Bourdieu's theory of practice applied to Neolithic and Bronze Age Crete

Socializing geoarchaeology: Insights from Bourdieu's theory of practice applied to Neolithic and Bronze Age Crete

Of His Bones are Coral Made: Submerged Cultural Resources, Site Formation Processes, and Multiple Scales of Interpretation in Coastal Ghana

Surveying the Past

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