Theory and Practice in Mediterranean Archaeology: Old World and New World Perspectives


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Series: Cotsen Advanced Seminar 1
ISBN: 978-1-931745-11-6
Publication Date: Jun 2003
Price: Hb $25.00, Pb $10.00
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John K. Papadopoulos and Richard M. Leventhal

Theory and Practice in Mediterranean Archaeology: Old World and New World Perspectives brings together leading scholars from the Old World and the Americas to discuss some of the most pressing issues facing archaeology today. These topics include archaeology and text, the future of large-scale archaeological fieldwork at individual sites, interpretation and preservation of archaeological sites and landscapes, past trajectories and new approaches to regional survey, and debates surrounding landscape and settlement archaeology. Essays by Old World archaeologists provide an overview of these themes, as well as a history of research over the last hundred years. These scholars review the major successes and shortcomings of that work, identifying critical issues that determine and define the field. These essays serve as a springboard for discussion and response by archaeologists working in the Americas and in other parts of the world. The combination of an Old World focus with responses from New World archaeologists provides a uniquely broad assessment of contemporary archaeological theory, methods, and practice throughout the world.

Table of Contents
  • Preface by John K. Papadopoulos and Richard M. Leventhal
  • Acknowledgments by John K. Papadopoulos and Richard M. Leventhal 

INTRODUCTION         

  • Ch. 1: Engaging Mediterranean Archaeology: Old World and New World Perspectives by John K. Papadopoulos
  • Ch. 2: Lloyd Cotsen in Greece: Some Reminiscences from the Field by Jack Davis

 Part I. Archaeology and Text     

  • Ch. 3: Archaeology and Text: Decipherment, Translation, and Interpretation by Thomas Palaima 
  • Ch. 4: Writing History: The Maya and the Mediterranean by Richard M. Leventhal
  • Ch. 5: New Worlds, Ancient Texts: Perspectives on Epigraphy and Archaeology by Sarah P. Morris

Part II. Large-scale Archaeological Fieldwork in a New Millennium by

  • Ch. 6: (Re)-digging the Site at the End of the Twentieth Century: Large-scale Archaeological Fieldwork in a New Millennium by Ruth Tringham
  • Ch. 7: Archaeology for a New Millennium by Charles Redman
  • Ch. 8: Monumentality in Archaic States: Lessons Learned from Large-scale Excavations of the Past by Joyce Marcus

Part III: The Recent Past and the Remote Past: Regional Survey and the Archaeological Landscape              

  • Ch. 9: Archaeology Beyond the Site: Regional Survey and Its Future by John F. Cherry
  • Ch. 10: A Brief Americanist Perspective on Settlement Archaeology by Charles Stanish
  • Ch. 11: Settlement and Survey Archaeology: A View from a “Periphery” by Steven Rosen
  • Ch. 12: The History and Future Prospects of Paleolithic Archaeology in Greece by Curtis Runnels
  • Ch. 13: Exploring the Paleolithic in the Open Air: A View from the Perigord by James R. Sacket
  • Ch. 14: Archaeologists and “The Site” by Richard G. Lesure

Part IV: Archaeology and Architecture

  • Ch. 15: Architecture and Archaeology: The Minoan Palaces in the Twenty-first Century by Clairy Palyvou
  • Ch. 16: Archaeology in Search of Architecture by Jerry D. Moore
  • Ch. 17: Architecture and Archaeology: A View from China by Lothar von Falkenhausen

Part V: Site Preservation, Conservation, and Archaeological Ethics

  • Ch. 18: Site Preservation and Archaeology in the Mediterranean Region by Nicholas Stanley-Price
  • Ch. 19: Obstacles to Site Preservation in the United States by Lynn H. Gamble
  • Ch. 20: Archaeology, Conservation, and the Ethics of Sustainability by Claire L. Lyons
  • Ch. 21: Retrospect and Prospect: Mediterranean Archaeology in a New Millennium by Colin Renfrew