Why the archaeology of everyday matters? / Sarah E. Price and Philip J. Carr -- When the levee breaks: small decisions and big floods at the end of the last ice age / D. Shane Miller and Jesse Tune -- Chaos theory and the contact period in the southeast / Christopher B. Rodning, Jayur Madhusudan Mehta, Bryan S. Haley, and David J. Watt -- Community practice in a post-removal Cherokee town / Lance Greene -- The daily lives of early archaic foragers in the mid-south / Kandace D. Hollenbach and Stephen B. Carmody -- An ethnoarchaeological interpretation of the Salt Life, A.D. 1200 / Ashley A. Dumas -- Maintaining relations with deer: a day in the life in the middle archaic / Christopher R. Moore and Richard W. Jefferies -- The itineraries of late archaic shell and ceramic cooking vessels / Asa R. Randall and Zackary I. Gilmore -- Crafting everyday matters in the middle and late woodland periods / Thomas J. Pluckhahn, Martin Menz, and Lori O'Neal -- Stone tool life meets everyday life / Philip J. Carr and Andrew P. Bradbury -- The role of dogs in everyday life / Renee B. Walker -- Mound building as daily practice / Tristram R. Kidder and Sarah C. Sherwood -- Gathering in the late woodland: plazas and gathering places as everyday space / Casey R. Barrier and Megan C. Kassabaum -- Matters and mattering / Beth A. Conklin -- The everyday archaeologist matters / Sarah E. Price and Philip J. Carr.
Summary:
Centering the archaeological discussion on the everyday affords a vantage point from which to think about the artifacts and conceptions of the past in new ways. Although not written specifically for the non-archaeological audience, this volume serves as an engaging entry into archaeological thinking through exploration of various times and topics.
Series:
Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen series
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