Middle Atlantic Prehistory: Foundations and Practice

Middle Atlantic prehistorians have focused on creating chronologies and studying socio-political evolution from sub-regions, while regional identities and practices are often debated in American archaeology. This edited volume provides a survey of Middle Atlantic prehistoric archaeology, discussing major themes, topics, and approaches and proposing future directions for scholarly work. Contributing authors represent a range of professional practices and are highly regarded in the discipline.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 396 pages
Publication date: 10 November 2021
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Regional identities and practices are frequently discussed in American archaeology, but Middle Atlantic prehistorians have largely avoided such discussions, focusing instead on creating chronologies and studying socio-political evolution from the perspective of sub-regions.

What is Middle Atlantic prehistoric archaeology? What are the questions and methods that identify our practice in this region or connect research in our region to larger anthropological themes?

Middle Atlantic Prehistory: Foundations and Practice provides a basic survey of Middle Atlantic prehistoric archaeology and serves as an important reference for situating the development of Middle Atlantic prehistoric archaeology within the present context of culture area studies. This edited volume is a regional, historical overview of important themes, topics, and approaches in Middle Atlantic prehistory, covering major practical and theoretical debates and controversies in the region and in the discipline.

Each chapter is holistic in its review of the historical development of a particular theme, in evaluating its contributions to current scholarship, and in proposing future directions for productive scholarly work. Contributing authors represent the full range of professional practice in archaeology and include university professors, cultural resources professionals, government regulatory/review archaeologists, and museums curators with many years of practical and theoretical immersion in his/her chapter topic, and are highly regarded in the discipline and in the region for their expertise.

Middle Atlantic Prehistory provides a much-needed synthesis and historical overview for academic and cultural resource archaeologists and independent scholars working in the Middle Atlantic region in particular.

Weight: 596g
Dimension: 152 x 229 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781538158494