Introduction / Lindsay Der and Francesca Fernandini -- Part I: Local and Foreign : Entanglements of Colonial Encounters and Social Inequality -- Disentangling the Archaeology of Colonialism and Indigeneity / Stephen Silliman -- "Is this the gold that you eat?" : coins, entangled subjects, and early colonial orderings in the Andes (AD 1532-c. 1650) / Noa Corcoran-Tadd -- Entangled Objects and Disarticulated Bodies : Managing Social Upheaval in Middle Horizon Peru / Justin Jennings and Willy Yepez Alvarez -- From enchantment to entrapment : following the threads of foreign artefacts in San Jose de Moro / Francesca Fernandini -- Part II: Entanglements with the Natural World : Landscapes and Agriculture -- Entangled Banks and the Domestication of East African Pastoralist Landscapes / Paul Lane -- Entanglements and Entrapment on the Pathway towards Domestication / Dorian Q. Fuller, Chris Stevens, Leilani Lucas, Charlene Murphy, Ling Qin -- Path Dependence and the Long-term Trajectory of Prehistoric Hohokam Irrigation in Arizona / Michelle Hegmon, Jerry B. Howard, Michael O'Hara, Matthew Peeples -- Part III: Rethinking Dependences and Dependencies : Contemporary Perspectives on Entanglement in Archaeology -- Entangled Histories, Entangled Worlds : Reflections on Time, Space, and Place / Stephen A. Mrozowski -- Looting : archaeology's dirty little secret / Lindsay Der -- Degrees of dependence : the example of the introduction of pottery in the Middle East and at Çatalhöyük / Ian Hodder -- Epilogue / Nicholas Thomas.
Summary:
"Entanglement theory posits that the interrelationship of humans and objects is a delimiting characteristic of human history and culture. This edited volume of original studies by leading archaeological theorists applies this concept to a broad range of topics, including archaeological science, heritage, and theory itself. In the theoretical explications and ten case studies, the editors and contributing authors: build on the intersections between science, humanities and ecology to provide a more fine-grained, multi-scalar treatment emanating from the long-term perspective that characterizes archaeological research; bring to light the subtle and unacknowledged paths that configure historical circumstances and bind human intentionality; examine the constructions of personhood, the rigidity of path dependencies, the unpredictable connections between humans and objects and the intricate paths of past events in varied geographic and historical contexts that channel future actions. This broad focus is inclusive of early complex developments in Asia and Europe, imperial and state strategies in the Andes and Mesoamerica, continuities of postcolonialism in North America, and the unforeseen and complex consequences that derive from archaeological practices. This volume will appeal to archaeologists and their advanced students"-- Provided by publisher.
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