Crossing Frontiers : The Opportunities and Challenges of Interdisciplinary Approaches to Archaeology: Proceedings of a Conference Held at the University of Oxford, 25-26 June 2005

by Schroeder, H.; Bray, P.; Gardner, P.; Jefferson, V.; Macaulay-Lewis, E.

• ISBN13: 9780954962777
• ISBN10: 095496277X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-06-30
• Publisher: David Brown Book Co

Summary

It is difficult to imagine modern archaeology without radio-carbon dating, geophysics, analytical chemistry, or the input of the social and historical sources. Archaeology is inevitably an interdisciplinary enterprise, perhaps more so than any other field. But with the ever-increasing sepcialisation of modern research in general, it becomes more and more difficult to communicate across disciplinary doundaries; this is one of the major challenges modern archaeology faces today. This volume is the outcome of a two-day conference held at the University of Oxford that focused on the opportunities and challenges of interdisciplinary approaches to archaeology.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. 7
Acknowledgements	p. 9
The opportunities and challenges of crossing disciplinary frontiers in archaeological research	p. 11
Continuity and change in funerary behaviour in Britain, 16000-6000 cal BP	p. 17
The eyes of a stranger: Using other disciplines to construct an archaeological model	p. 29
Breaking down Walls: Cross-disciplinary approaches to castle destruction	p. 45
Boundaries aren't a problem; it just depends on what you do with them	p. 55
Integrating quaternary geological dating methods and archaeological questions	p. 59
Isotopic analysis at the molecular level: A frontier in palaeodietary reconstruction	p. 73
Science and identity in the archaeological record	p. 85
Boundaries: an archaeological science perspective	p. 95
The comparative and interdisciplinary approach and Romanisation studies	p. 99
Ethnicity and funerary practice in Hellenistic Bactria	p. 111
Whose Monument? Ancient Egyptian votive stelae as markers of identity	p. 125
Boundary conflicts: archaeology and politics in the Middle East and beyond	p. 139
Ethics in archaeology: Paradigm or platitude	p. 143
Contentious past, contested future: Long Kesh/Maze prison site, Northern Ireland	p. 153
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