0415067898.Routledge.Social.Transformations.in.Archaeology.Global.and.Local.Perspectives.Oct.1998.pdf

SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN

ARCHAEOLOGY

Social Transformations in Archaeology explores the relevance of archaeology to the

study of long-term change and to the understanding of our contemporary world. It re-

evaluates the premises and epistemologies which underlie the study of archaeology and

looks at the ways discoveries about the past have a direct bearing on contemporary

beliefs and actions. This collection brings together both new and previously published

papers by Kristian Kristiansen and Michael Rowlands, which clearly illustrate the

contribution archaeological analysis can make to our understanding of long-term change

at a global level.

The papers in this survey are divided into three sections. They deal in turn with:

broader theoretical issues; centre-periphery relations in a wide range of contexts; and

finally focus in on an archaeological examination of colonialism, with case studies from

historical Africa and the Mediterranean in the first millennium BC.

Social Transformations in Archaeology is essential reading for archaeologists and

anthropologists. It will also be of great interest for all those working in related disciplines

who are concerned with long-term change and development.

Kristian Kristiansen is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Gothenburg,

Sweden and was previously Director of the Danish Archaeological Heritage

Administration in the Ministry of the Environment. He has written widely on theoretical

archaeology and the archaeology of northern Europe. Michael Rowlands is Professor of

Anthropology at University College London. He is a leading figure in the development of

theoretical archaeology.

MATERIAL CULTURES

Interdisciplinary studies in the material construction of social worlds

Series Editors

Michael Rowlands, Dept of Anthropology, University College London

Christopher Tilley, Institute of Archaeology, University College London

MATERIAL CULTURE AND TEXT

The Art of Ambiguity

Christopher Tilley

ARCHAEOLOGICAL THEORY IN EUROPE

The Last Three Decades

Edited by Ian Hodder

EXPERIENCING THE PAST

On the Character of Archaeology

Michael Shanks

THEORY AND PRACTICE IN ARCHAEOLOGY

Ian Hodder

TECHNOLOGICAL CHOICES

Transformation in Material Cultures since the Neolithic

Edited by Pierre Lemonnier

ARCHITECTURE AND ORDER

Approaches to Social Space

Edited by Michael Parker Pearson and Colin Richards

THE SWASTIKA

Constructing the Symbol

Malcolm Quinn

GIFTS AND COMMODITIES

Exchange and Western Capitalism since 1700

James G.Carrier

ACKNOWLEDGING CONSUMPTION

A Review of New Studies

Edited by Daniel Miller

TIME, CULTURE AND IDENTITY

An Interpretive Archaeology

Julian Thomas

SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN

ARCHAEOLOGY

Global and local perspectives

Kristian Kristiansen and Michael Rowlands

London and New York

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