SHA Blog » Publications http://www.sha.org/blog Society for Historical Archaeology Fri, 04 Oct 2013 12:13:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 New Books for Review http://www.sha.org/blog/index.php/2013/06/new-books-for-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-books-for-review http://www.sha.org/blog/index.php/2013/06/new-books-for-review/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2013 01:27:20 +0000 Richard.Veit http://www.sha.org/blog/?p=2962 Continue reading →]]> Dear Colleagues,

The following books are available for review. If any of them pique your interest do let me know.

Rich Veit–SHA Book Reviews Editor rveit@monmouth.edu

All the King’s Horses: Essays on the Impact of Looting and the Illicit Antiquities Trade on Our Knowledge of the Past
Paula K. Lazrus and Alex W. Barker, eds.
The SAA Press, The Society of American Archaeology, Washington D.C.,
2012. 168 pp., index. $24.95 regular price, $19.95 SAA member discount price.

Archaeological Sites: Conservation and Management
Sharon Sullivan and Richard Mackay, eds.
The Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles, California,
2013. 736 pp. $70.00 cloth.

Becoming White Clay: A History and Archaeology of Jicarilla Apache Enclavement
B. Sunday Eiselt
The University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, Utah,
2012. 320 pp., 23 B&W Illus., 31 line drawings, index. $45.00 cloth, $56.00 eBook.

Bijoux de pacotille ou objets de piété? Les bagues dites “jésuites” revisitées à partir des collections archéologiques du Québec
Caroline Mercier
Cahier d’archéologie du CELAT, Quebec, Canada,
2012. 87 figs., 16 tables.

Clanricards Castle: Portumna House, Co. Galway
Jane Fenlon, ed.
Four Courts Press, Portland, Oregon,
2012. 192 pp., glossary, bibl., index. $65.00 cloth.

Curating Human Remains: Caring for the Dead in the United Kingdom
Myra Giesen, ed.
The Boydell Press, Woodbridge,
2013. 197 pp., 22 figs., 2 tables, index. $99.00.

Custer, Cody, and Grand Duke Alexis: Historical Archaeology of the Royal Buffalo Hunt
Douglas D. Scott, Peter Bleed, and Stephen Damm
University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma,
2013. 232 pp., 63 B&W Illus., 2 maps, index. $24.95 cloth.

Duncluce Castle: History and Archaeology
Colin Breen
Four Courts Press, Portland, Oregon,
2012. 246 pp., full-color illus., 6 tables, glossary, bibl., index. €19.95 catalogue price, €17.95 web price.

Hawaii’s Past in a World of Pacific Islands
James M. Bayman and Thomas S. Dye
The SAA Press, The Society for American Archaeology, Washington D.C.,
2013. 29 figs., 5 tables, glossary, bibl., index. $24.95 regular price, $19.95 member discount price.

Historical and Archaeological Perspectives on Gender Transformations: From Private to Public
Suzanne M. Spencer-Wood, ed.
Springer, New York, New York,
2013. 430 pp., 66 illus., 16 illus. in color, index. $179.00 eBook, $229.00 hardcover.

Interpreting the English Village
Mick Aston and Chris Gerrard
Windgather Press, Oxbow Books, Oxford,
2013. 456 pp., 257 figs., bibl., index. $49.95 cloth.

Lightning in the Andes and Mesoamerica: Pre-Columbian, Colonial, and Contemporary Perspectives
John E. Staller and Brian Stross
Oxford University Press, New York, New York,
2013. 278 pp., 57 illus., 8 pp. color insert, index. $74.00 hardback.

Old Myths and New Approaches: Interpreting Ancient Religious Sites in Southeast Asia
Alexandra Haendel, ed.
Monash University Publishing
2012. 312 pp., $49.95 cloth.

Soils, Climate & Society: Archaeological Investigations in Ancient America
John D. Wingard and Sue Eileen Hayes, eds.
University Press of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado,
2013. 272 pp., 34 figs., 29 tables, list of contributors, index. $70.00.

Tales of Gotham, Historical Archaeology, Ethnohistory, and Microhistory of New York City
Meta F. Janowitz and Diane Dallal, eds.
Springer, New York, New York,
2013. 369 pp., 58 illus., 26 illus. in color. $139.00 eBook, $179.00 hardcover.

The Archaeology of the Prussian Crusade: Holy War and Colonisation
Alexander Pluskowski
Routledge, New York, New York,
2012. 427 pp., 85 figs., glossary, bibl.,index, $48.95 cloth.

The Cherokees of Tuckaleechee Cove
Jon Marcoux
The University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology Publications, Ann Arbor, Michigan,
2012. 296 pp., 136 figs., 60 tables, $33.00.

Uncovering History: Archaeological Investigations at the Little Bighorn
Douglas D. Scott
University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma,
2013. 272 pp., 53 B&W Illus., 1 map, $32.95 cloth.

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]]> http://www.sha.org/blog/index.php/2013/06/new-books-for-review/feed/ 0 New Historical Archaeology Issue: Current Research in South America http://www.sha.org/blog/index.php/2013/02/new-historical-archaeology-issue-central-and-south-america/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-historical-archaeology-issue-central-and-south-america http://www.sha.org/blog/index.php/2013/02/new-historical-archaeology-issue-central-and-south-america/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:16:48 +0000 Joe Joseph http://www.sha.org/blog/?p=2747 Continue reading →]]> The current issue of Historical Archaeology presents the results of broad-ranging archaeological research from Central and South America.  From Spanish cities sacked by pirates, to English ceramics in Venezuelan households, to African scarification and pottery manufacture and marking, to plantation settlements and indigenous populations, to mining landscapes and beyond, this volume provides a fascinating look at a diverse archaeological landscape.  Juan Martin, Alasdair Brooks, and Tania Andrade Lima’s Introduction provides a taste of the delicious stew that is the archaeology of Central and South America.  Buen apetito.

Download the Introduction for free here.

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The new issue of Historical Archaeology, the Society for Historical Archaeology’s academic journal, 46(1) is hitting your desks and is certain to catch your attention.  This is the first in a new generation of the journal that features a glossy color cover with the contents listed on the back for easy reference.  But it deserves your attention for more than that. This thematic issue compiled by Uzi Baram and Dan Hughes looks at ethnogensis and other topics through the lens of the many cultures of Florida, and explores the ways in which archaeological and historical research can reveal the way the multiple cultural identities of Florida were created, negotiated, and reformed.  Baram and Hughes’ Introduction, attached, gives you a sense of the historical archaeology of Florida and the contents of this issue, which is one you won’t want to miss.

Download Baram and Hughes’ introduction to Historical Archaeology 46(1), Florida and its Historical Archaeology, for free here.

To receive Historical Archaeology quarterly, consider becoming a member of the Society for Historical Archaeology. 

]]> http://www.sha.org/blog/index.php/2012/07/historical-archaeology-461-new-journal-and-new-design/feed/ 2 Historical Archaeology and the Importance of Material Things http://www.sha.org/blog/index.php/2012/05/historical-archaeology-and-the-importance-of-material-things/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=historical-archaeology-and-the-importance-of-material-things http://www.sha.org/blog/index.php/2012/05/historical-archaeology-and-the-importance-of-material-things/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 13:28:55 +0000 Joe Joseph http://www.sha.org/blog/?p=247 Continue reading →]]>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Historical Archaeology and the Importance of Material Things, edited by Leland Ferguson (1977), was one of the formative works in the field that spurred the discussion of the connections between theory and material culture in our understanding of the past. Taking history as a cue, we were pleased to reignite the examination of how historical archaeology uses material objects to interpret the past and to present Historical Archaeology and the Importance of Material Things II at the SHA 2012 Baltimore meeting. Co-chairs and editors Julie Schablitsky and Mark Leone presented a symposium of noted scholars who addressed this topic from various geographic, chronological, and theoretical perspectives. Now, the SHA is pleased to offer both the original and new works as SHA Publications, available now in our SHA Bookstore at Lulu! These publications, as well as all our SHA publications are available as printed copies or as e-books.

 

]]> http://www.sha.org/blog/index.php/2012/05/historical-archaeology-and-the-importance-of-material-things/feed/ 0 New SHA Perspectives: The Archaeology of Spanish Missions and Colonies in the New World http://www.sha.org/blog/index.php/2012/01/new-sha-perspectives-the-archaeology-of-spanish-missions-and-colonies-in-the-new-world/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-sha-perspectives-the-archaeology-of-spanish-missions-and-colonies-in-the-new-world http://www.sha.org/blog/index.php/2012/01/new-sha-perspectives-the-archaeology-of-spanish-missions-and-colonies-in-the-new-world/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:34:10 +0000 Terry Brock http://www.sha.org/blog/?p=779 Continue reading →]]> The Society for Historical Archaeology is pleased to announce the availability of a new SHA Perspectives from Historical Archaeology series. Titled The Archaeology of Spanish Missions and Colonies in the New World, this volume contains 22 articles from SHA’s journal, Historical Archaeology, in addition to an introduction by the compilers, tying the articles together. Compiled by  Steve A. Tomka and Timothy K. Perttula, the volume covers topics such as Theoretical Perspectives and Approaches, Context and Process of Material Culture, Reflections on Identity, Status, and Culture Change, Subsistence, and Site Structure.

To purchase this new volume, please visit the SHA bookstore on Lulu.  A preview of the table of contents and the first few pages of the introduction are available in the preview below:

 

 

]]> http://www.sha.org/blog/index.php/2012/01/new-sha-perspectives-the-archaeology-of-spanish-missions-and-colonies-in-the-new-world/feed/ 0 The Archaeologies of Poverty: New Historical Archaeology Volume 45, Number 3 http://www.sha.org/blog/index.php/2011/12/the-archaeologies-of-poverty-new-historical-archaeology-volume-45-number-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-archaeologies-of-poverty-new-historical-archaeology-volume-45-number-3 http://www.sha.org/blog/index.php/2011/12/the-archaeologies-of-poverty-new-historical-archaeology-volume-45-number-3/#comments Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:00:36 +0000 Joe Joseph http://www.sha.org/blog/?p=249 Continue reading →]]> Historical Archaeology 45(3) presents a thematic look at the archaeology and institutions of poverty developed by Guest Editors Chris Matthews and Suzanne Spencer-Wood. The papers in this collected volume look at the social factors behind poverty, its archaeological legacies and analyses, the institutions associated with the impoverished, and the role that historical archaeology can play in giving face and voice to the impoverished and disenfranchised. This is an important work at a critical time in world history, when daily events remind us all of both wealth imbalance and the effects of poverty. We hope this thematic issue will occupy your thoughts. As a special preview of this issue, we have made the introduction to the journal, entitled “Impoverishment, Criminalization, and the Culture of Poverty” and written by Suzanne Spencer-Wood and Chris Matthews, available as a free download.

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