Abstract
Ethnoarchaeology is a mature and well-established discipline with a long and rich history. Its importance is founded on the recognition of the enormous distances between patterns of reasoning that prevail in the contemporary West and those found in certain non-Western societies in the present. This makes it possible to understand (or at least imagine) the distance between the Western present and its prehistoric past. Ethnoarchaeology thus offers us a conceptual framework of enormous potential for understanding prehistoric cultures. It is not a case of comparing cultures but of understanding other orders of thought, other forms of personal and cultural identity, to which, arguably, premodern archaeological sites attest.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Alexianu, M., Weller, O., Curcă, R.-G. (2011). Archaeology and anthropology of salt: A diachronic approach. Proceedings of the International Colloquium, 1–5 October 2008, “Al.I. Cuza” University (Iaşi, Romania). British Archaeological Reports 2198. Oxford: Archaeopress.
Arnold, P. J. (2000). Working without a net. Recent trends in ceramic ethnoarchaeology. Journal of Archaeological Research, 8(2), 105–133.
Binford, L. (1962). Archaeology as anthropology. American Antiquity, 28, 217–225.
Costin, C. L. (2000). The use of ethnoarchaeology for the archaeological study of ceramic production. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 7(4), 377–403.
David, N., & Kramer, C. (2001). Ethnoarchaeology in action. Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press.
Flannery, K. (1972). Culture history v. culture process: A debate in American archaeology. In M. Leone (Ed.), Contemporary archaeology (pp. 102–107). Southern Illinois: University Press.
Gamble, C. (2001). Archaeology: The basics. London: Routledge.
Gould, R. (Ed.). (1978). Explorations in ethnoarchaeology. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.
Hegmon, M. (2000). Advances in ceramic ethnoarchaeology. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 7(3), 129–137.
Hoernes, M. (1909). Natur- und Urgeschichte des Menchen, vols. 1-2. Warsaw-Leipizig: A. Hartleben’s Verlag.
Kalentzidou, O. (2000). Discontinuing traditions. Using historically informed ethnoarchaeology in the study of Evros ceramics. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 7(3), 165–186.
Kardulias, P. N. (2000). The ethnoarchaeology of adaptation on Arid Islands. A study of herders on Dokos, Greece. Near Eastern Archaeology, 63(1), 35–44.
Kobyliński Z. (1985) Cognitive Possibilitites of Ethnoarchacology: Some Theoretical Considerations Ethnologia Polona, 11:273–280.
Kramer, C. (1985). Ceramic ethnoarchaeology. Annual Review in Anthropology, 14, 77–102.
Longacre, W. A. (Ed.). (1991). Ceramic ethnoarchaeology. Tucson: University of Arizona Press.
Nandris, J. G. (1985). The Stina and the Katun. Foundations of a research design in European Highland Zone. World Archaeology, 17(2), 256–268.
Olivier, P., & Gosselain, O. P. (2000). Materializing identities: an African perspective. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 7(3), 187–217.
Parzinger, H. (2002). Archäologien’ Europas und ‘europäische Archäologie’-Rückblick und Ausblick. In P. Biehl, A. Gramsch, & A. Marciniak (Eds.), Archaeologies of Europe: history, methods and theories (pp. 35–51). Münster: Waxmann.
Stark, M. T. (2003). Current issues in ceramic ethnoarchaeology. Journal of Archaeological Research, 11(3), 193–242.
Van der Kooij, G. (2002). Ethnoarchaeology in the Near East. Practice and theory. In W. Wendrich, & G. Van der Kooij (Eds.), Moving matters. Ethnoarchaeology in the Near East (pp. 13–26). Proceedings of the International Seminar held at Cairo, 7–10 December 1998. Leiden: Leiden University.
Yerkes, R. W. (2000). Ethnoarchaeology in Central Cyprus. Interdisciplinary studies of ancient population and agriculture by the Athienou Archaeological Project. Near Eastern Archaeology, 63(1), 20–34.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Marciniak, A., Yalman, N. (2013). Non-anglophone Ethnoarchaeologies in the Past and Today: An Introduction. In: Marciniak, A., Yalman, N. (eds) Contesting Ethnoarchaeologies. One World Archaeology, vol 7. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9117-0_1
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9117-0_1
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, New York, NY
Print ISBN: 978-1-4614-9116-3
Online ISBN: 978-1-4614-9117-0
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and LawSocial Sciences (R0)