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

INTRODUCTION         

Chapter 1. Engaging Mediterranean Archaeology: Old World and New World Perspectives by John K. Papadopoulos

Chapter 2. Lloyd Cotsen in Greece: Some Reminiscences from the Field by Jack Davis

Part I: Archaeology and Text     

Chapter 3. Archaeology and Text: Decipherment, Translation, and Interpretation by Thomas Palaima 

Chapter 4. Writing History: The Maya and the Mediterranean by Richard M. Leventhal

Chapter 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

Chapter 6. (Re)-digging the Site at the End of the Twentieth Century: Large-scale Archaeological Fieldwork in a New Millennium by Ruth Tringham

Chapter 7. Archaeology for a New Millennium by Charles Redman

Chapter 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              

Chapter 9. Archaeology Beyond the Site: Regional Survey and Its Future by John F. Cherry

Chapter 10. A Brief Americanist Perspective on Settlement Archaeology by Charles Stanish

Chapter 11. Settlement and Survey Archaeology: A View from a “Periphery” by Steven Rosen

Chapter 12. The History and Future Prospects of Paleolithic Archaeology in Greece by Curtis Runnels

Chapter 13. Exploring the Paleolithic in the Open Air: A View from the Perigord by James R. Sacket

Chapter 14. Archaeologists and “The Site” by Richard G. Lesure

Part IV: Archaeology and Architecture

Chapter 15. Architecture and Archaeology: The Minoan Palaces in the Twenty-first Century by Clairy Palyvou

Chapter 16. Archaeology in Search of Architecture by Jerry D. Moore

Chapter 17. Architecture and Archaeology: A View from China by Lothar von Falkenhausen

Part V: Site Preservation, Conservation, and Archaeological Ethics

Chapter 18. Site Preservation and Archaeology in the Mediterranean Region by Nicholas Stanley-Price

Chapter 19. Obstacles to Site Preservation in the United States by Lynn H. Gamble

Chapter 20. Archaeology, Conservation, and the Ethics of Sustainability by Claire L. Lyons

Chapter 21. Retrospect and Prospect: Mediterranean Archaeology in a New Millennium by Colin Renfrew