The Cambridge Companion to Historical Archaeology

by Edited by Dan Hicks , Mary C. Beaudry

• ISBN13: 9780521619622
• ISBN10: 0521619629
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-30
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The Cambridge Companion to Historical Archaeology provides an overview of the international field of historical archaeology (AD 1500-present) through seventeen specially-commissioned essays from leading researchers in the field. The volume explores key themes in historical archaeology including documentary archaeology, writing historical archaeology, colonialism, capitalism, industrial archaeology, maritime archaeology, cultural resource management and urban archaeology. Three special sections explore the distinctive contributions of material culture studies, landscape archaeology and the archaeology of buildings and the household. Drawing on case studies from North America, Europe, Australasia, Africa and around the world, the volume captures the breadth and diversity of contemporary historical archaeology, considers archaeology's relationship with history, cultural anthropology and other periods of archaeological study, and provides clear introductions to alternative conceptions of the field. This book is essential reading for anyone studying or researching the material remains of the recent past.

Table of Contents

List of figures	xi
List of tables	xi
List of contributors	xii
Acknowledgements	xiv
List of abbreviations	xv
Introduction: the place of historical archaeology	1	(12)
Dan Hicks
Mary C. Beaudry
PART I ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY
Documentary archaeology	13	(21)
Laurie A. Wilkie
Historical archaeology and time	34	(14)
Gavin Lucas
Writing historical archaeology	48	(21)
Rosemary Joyce
PART II KEY THEMES IN HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
Historical archaeology and colonialism	69	(18)
Susan Lawrence
Nick Shepherd
Urban historical archaeology	87	(17)
Tadhg O'Keeffe
Rebecca Yamin
Archaeology, heritage and the recent and contemporary past	104	(19)
John Schofield
William Gray Johnson
Marxism and capitalism in historical archaeology	123	(20)
Randall McGuire
Historical archaeology and industrialisation	143	(25)
James Symonds
Eleanor C. Casella
Historical maritime archaeology	168	(23)
Joe Flatman
Mark Staniforth
PART III HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY AND MATERIAL CULTURE
Material culture studies and historical archaeology	191	(14)
Matthew D. Cochran
Mary C. Beaudry
Ceramic studies in historical archaeology	205	(30)
David Barker
Teresita Majewski
PART IV HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY AND LANDSCAPES
Landscapes and memories	235	(20)
Cornelius Holtorf
Howard Williams
Landscapes, ideology and experience in historical archaeology	255	(18)
Lu Ann De Cunzo
Julie H. Ernstein
PART V HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY AND BUILDINGS
Historical archaeology and buildings	273	(20)
Dan Hicks
Audrey Horning
Household archaeology, identities and biographies	293	(21)
Julia A. King
Afterword: historical archaeology in the wider discipline	314	(6)
Barry Cunliffe
References	320	(66)
Index	386