Time and History in Prehistory

Name: Time and History in Prehistory
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781138692695
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Time and History in Prehistory challenges the notion that prehistoric societies were ahistorical by exploring how time and history are conceptualised and constructed. Combining contemporary theory with case studies rooted in material evidence, this volume redefines ideas about time and history and the narratives written about the past.

Contributors from various disciplines examine archaeological evidence across different scales, from a single day to deep history, and from solitary artefacts to entire cities. The book advocates a multi-scalar approach that integrates short- and long-term perspectives, encouraging dynamic movement between analytical scales.

Emphasising inclusive, integrative, and interdisciplinary methods, the work bridges narrative gaps and highlights the active research fields concerned with human history and prehistoric time.
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This book is ideal for scholars and students of archaeology, history, and anthropology, as well as readers interested in theory and methodology related to human prehistory and the construction of historical narratives.

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Time and History in Prehistory explores the many processes through which time and history are conceptualised and constructed, challenging the perception of prehistoric societies as ahistorical. Drawing equally on contemporary theory and illustrative case studies, and firmly rooted in material evidence, this book rearticulates concepts of time and history, questions the kind of narratives to be written about the past and underlines the fundamentally historical nature of prehistory.

From a range of multi-disciplinary perspectives, the authors of this volume address the scales at which archaeological evidence and narrative are interwoven, from a single day to deep history and from a solitary pot to a complete city. In doing so, they argue the need for a multi-scalar approach to prehistoric data that allows for the interplay between short and long term, and for analytical units that encourage us to move continuously between scales.

The growing interest in time and history in archaeology and across a wide range of disciplines concerned with human action and the human past highlights that these are exceptionally active fields. By juxtaposing varied viewpoints, this volume bridges gaps in narrative, finds a place for inclusive histories and makes clear the benefit of integrative and interdisciplinary approaches, including different disciplines and types of data.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138692695

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 08 November 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 3 Tables, black and white; 36 Line drawings, black and white; 19 Halftones, black and white

Contributors:

Edited by Stella Souvatzi
Edited by Adnan Baysal
Edited by Emma Baysal

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 1080g

Pages: 288

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About the Author

Stella Souvatzi is Adjunct Professor of Archaeology at the Hellenic Open University. She received her PhD from the University of Cambridge in 2000 and her BA and MA degrees from the University of Athens. Her research focuses on the Neolithic archaeology of Greece and the eastern Mediterranean, the archaeology of household, theory of archaeology and anthropology, and cultural heritage and identity. She is the author of A Social Archaeology of Households in Neolithic Greece: An Anthropological Approach (2008) and co-editor of Space and Time in Mediterranean Prehistory (2014).

Adnan Baysal is Associate Professor of Prehistory at Trakya University, Turkey. He received his PhD from the University of Liverpool in 2010. He specializes in the Anatolian Neolithic and has worked extensively on the social and economic implications of ground stone assemblages from Catalhoyuk and other contemporary Central Anatolia sites. He has edited volumes on networks and social organization (2015) and stone tools in Anatolian archaeology (forthcoming).

Emma L. Baysal is Assistant Professor of Prehistory at Trakya University, Turkey. She works on material culture of the Epipalaeolithic to Early Bronze Age, with particular interest in the relationship between artefacts, the body and identity and the movements and networks of raw materials and small artefacts. She is co-editor of Bordered Places | Bounded Times (with L. Karakatsanis, 2017) and author of Personal Ornaments in Prehistory (forthcoming).