Engaging Archaeology · 25 Case Studies in Research Practice by Silliman, Stephen W. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page List of Figures List of Tables Notes on Contributors Acknowledgments 1 Engaging Archaeology

Introduction Archaeological Practice Finding and Filling a Gap A Guide to Engaging Archaeological Research Conclusion References

Part I: Landscapes, Settlements, and Regions

2 Climbing Hillforts and Thinking about Warfare in the Pre‐Columbian Andes

The Hillfort Project: Version One In the Field Theory and Interpretation The Hillfort Project: Version Two Theory and Interpretation: Under the Hood Looking Back Paired Reading References

3 Losing Control in the American Southwest

Introduction: The Meeting The Setting: The Valles Caldera/Wavema Finding the Right Data Methods Results Reflections and Lessons Learned Paired Reading References

4 Getting It Wrong for All the Right Reasons

The Idea: The Easy Part The Data: The Hard Part The Grant: The Best One Might Be a Rejected One The Scale: Right Methods, Wrong Organization The Middle Range: Incomplete Data, Incomplete Theory The Conclusion: The Right Way To Be Wrong Paired Reading References

5 Archaeological Projects in India

Retrospective Origins Setting Up the Survey: The Ganeshwar Jodhpura Cultural Complex (GJCC) Survey Decolonizing Archaeological Survey Methods: The GJCC 2003 Survey A Brief Note on the GJCC Survey Results Assessing Success and Valuing Failure Drinking Tea Concluding Thoughts Paired Reading References

6 Lifeways of the First Australians

Introduction The Project Approach The Excavations Interpreting the Chronological Sequence The Technology Discussion Paired Reading References

7 The Kuril Biocomplexity Project

Introduction Biographical Account Methods Theory Results Reflections Lessons Learned Paired Reading References

8 Listen for the Echo of Drums Across the Water

Prologue The Questions of Rock Art Images and the Experience and Meaning of Place The Social Landscape of a Sacred World Speaking to Strangers Maps and the Meaning of Locative Experience Epilogue Paired Reading References

9 The Heart of Lightness

Doing Archaeology in the Amazon in the Early 1990s The Central Amazon Project The First Field School Years (1999–2005) The Pipeline Years (2005–2009) Reflections and Lessons Learned Paired Reading References

Part II: Sites, Households, and Communities

10 Household Archaeology at the Community Scale?

Introduction Project Management for Multi‐Year International Collaborative Research Research Questions and Theoretical Framework Linking Arguments: Material Correlates of House Societies Shifting the Research Design and Sampling Protocols Project Results: Successes and a Few Failures Final Commentary Paired Reading References

11 Research Spaces from Borderland Places – Late Woodland Archaeology in Southern Ontario

Introduction Finding a Space for Research Making that Research Space Research Spaces in Borderland Places Paired Reading References

12 Ethnoarchaeology of Pottery in Tigray, Ethiopia

Starting Out: Lessons in Patience The Tigray Pottery Project The Path to the Potters Theory Types of Data Reflections Lessons Learned Paired Reading References

13 Integrating Paleoethnobotany in Investigations of Spanish

Introduction My Dissertation My Current Research Lessons Learned Paired Reading References

14 Framing Local History with Global Archaeological Lenses in Osun Grove, Nigeria

Short Biographical Account Project Source Theoretical Framework Methods Nature of Data Reflections Lessons Learned Paired Reading References

15 Rooting in New England

Trying to Root in New England Project Implementation Making Sense of Things Reflections Lessons Learned Paired Reading References

16 Accidentally Digging Central America’s Earliest Village

Getting to Puerto Escondido: How Research and Researchers Develop The Lower Ulua Valley Project Puerto Escondido: Pursuing the Classic House Compound Unexpected Finds and Modified Research Goals Puerto Escondido: Understanding Everyday Life in a Cosmopolitan Village Reflections and Lessons Learned Paired Reading References

17 Slouching Towards Theory

Short Biographical Account Source of Project Theoretical Framework Methods Nature of Data Reflections Lessons Learned Paired Reading References

18 In Archaeology, “You Get What You Get,” and Most of the Time What You Get Is Unexpected

Introduction Exploring Bonneville Estates Rockshelter Theoretical Perspective Methods Results Reflections Lessons Learned Paired Reading References

19 Archaeologies of a Medieval Irish Castle

Introduction Asking Questions: Trim Castle as a Research Project Viewing Trim Castle Through Three Lenses: History, Archaeology, Scholarship Question 1: What is the Sequence at Trim Castle? Question 2: How Did Trim Castle “Work”? Final Reflections Paired Reading References

Part III: Materials, Collections, and Analyses

20 Dr. Stage‐Love, or

Introduction: The Best Eight Years of Your Life Inspiration Observation Explanation Integration Reflection Paired Reading References

21 Lessons Learned in Seriating Maya Pottery

Introduction Ceramic Seriation: The Basics Ceramic Seriation in the Mopan Valley Conclusions Paired Reading References

22 The Bones from the Other Tell

Site Background Aims Methods Theoretical Background Getting Involved Settling In Going West Priorities, Priorities Branching Out: Collaborations and Specialist Analyses Regional Meta‐Analysis Looking Back Paired Reading References

23 Disrupting Fixed Narratives

Conducting Research on Seventeenth‐Century Stone Molds and How Museums Shape Narratives Some Theory and History Regarding Dress Button Molds in the Museum, Thoughts on Looking and the Disruption of Narratives Lessons Learned and Reflections on Museum Collections Paired Reading References

24 Reverse Engineering in Prehistory

The Archaeological Site Research Questions The Neolithic Bows from La Draga and the Nature of Archery Replicating Prehistoric Bows Computer Simulation Experiments Lessons Learned Paired Reading References

25 Learning about Learning in Ice Age France through Stone Tools

Biographical Note The Project The Data Reflections and Lessons Learned Paired Reading References

26 How Not to Write a PhD Thesis

Introduction The Backstory Formulating a Project The Research Design Encounters Reality Habits of Mind and Intellectual Footwork Your Research, Your Self: Intellectual Comfort Zones Conclusions: Surviving a Research Project, and Maybe Even Winding Up on Top Paired Reading References

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