Historical Archaeology by Martin Hall, Stephen W. Silliman - 9781405107501

Historical ArchaeologyAuthor(s): Martin Hall, Stephen W. Silliman\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Wiley-Blackwell\nISBN-13: 9781405107501, 978-1405107501\nSynopsis\nThis volume offers lively current debates and case studies in historical archaeology selected from around the world, including North America, Latin America, Africa, the Pacific, and Europe.\n\nAuthored by 19 experts in the field.\nExplores how historical archaeologists think about their work, piecing together information from both material culture and documents in an attempt to understand the lives of the people and societies they study.\nEngages with current theory in an accessible manner.\nTruly global in its approach but avoids subsuming local experiences of people into global patterns.\nSummarizes not only the current state of historical archaeology, but also sets the course for the field in decades to come.