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Archaeology in the Borderlands
. Ed(S): Smith, Adam T.; Rubinson, Karen S.
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Paperback. 'Archaeology in the Borderlands' critically re-examines traditional archaeological work in the Caucasian region, between the Black and Caspian Seas. The 12 papers seek to challenge traditional models of economic and social marginalism that pervade Cold War geographies. Editor(s): Smith, Adam T.; Rubinson, Karen S. Series: Monographs. Num Pages: 270 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 794.
Set on a broad isthmus between the Black and Caspian Seas, Caucasia has traditionally been portrayed as either a well-trod highway linking southwest Asia and the Eurasian Steppe or an isolated periphery of the political and cultural centers of the ancient world. Archaeology in the Borderlands: Investigations in Caucasia and Beyond critically re-examines traditional archaeological work in the region, assembling accounts of recent investigations by an international group of scholars from the Caucasus, its neighbors, Europe, and the United States. The twelve chapters in this book address the ways archaeologists must re-conceptualize the region within our larger historical and anthropological ... Read more
Set on a broad isthmus between the Black and Caspian Seas, Caucasia has traditionally been portrayed as either a well-trod highway linking southwest Asia and the Eurasian Steppe or an isolated periphery of the political and cultural centers of the ancient world. Archaeology in the Borderlands: Investigations in Caucasia and Beyond critically re-examines traditional archaeological work in the region, assembling accounts of recent investigations by an international group of scholars from the Caucasus, its neighbors, Europe, and the United States. The twelve chapters in this book address the ways archaeologists must re-conceptualize the region within our larger historical and anthropological ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
Series
Monographs
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Los Angeles, United States
ISBN
9781931745017
SKU
V9781931745017
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About . Ed(S): Smith, Adam T.; Rubinson, Karen S.
Adam T. Smith is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Chicago and co-director of the joint Armenian-American Project for the Archaeology and Geography of Ancient Transcaucasian Societies (ArAGATS). Karen S. Rubinson is a research associate in the department of anthropology at Barnard College, where she is director of the Project for Archaeological Exchange.
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