List of Figures. Notes on Contributors. Part I: Knowledges:. 1. The “Social” in Archaeological Theory: An Historical and Contemporary Perspective: Ian Hodder (Standford University). 2. Cross-Cultural Comparison and Archaeological Theory: Bruce G. Trigger (McGill University). 3. Social Archaeology and Marxist Social Thought: Thomas C. Patterson (University of California, Riverside). 4. Embodied Subjectivity: Gender, Femininity, Masculinity, Sexuality: Rosemary A. Joyce (University of California, Berkeley). 5. Social Archaeology and Origins Research: A Paleolithic Perspective: Clive Gamble and Erica Gittins (Both at the University of Southampton). Part II: Identities:. 6. Archaeology and the Life Course: A Time and Age for Gender: Roberta Gilchrist (University of Reading). 7. The Past and Foreign Countries: Colonial and Post-Colonial Archaeology and Anthropology: Chris Gosden (Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford). 8. Material Culture: Current Problems: Victor Buchli (University College, London). 9. Ideology, Power, and Capitalism: The Historical Archaeology of Consumption: Paul R. Mullins (Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis). Part III: Places:. 10. Space, Spatiality, and Archaeology: Emma Blake (Stanford University). 11. Social Archaeologies of Landscape: Wendy Ashmore (University of California, Riverside). 12. Living and Working at Home: The Social Archaeology of Household Production and Social Relations: Julia A. Hendon (Gettysburg College). 13. Diaspora and Identity in Archaeology: Moving beyond the Black Atlantic: Ian Lilley (University of Queensland). Part IV: Politics:. 14. The Political Economy of Archaeological Practice and the Production of Heritage in the Middle East: Reinhard. Bernbeck and Susan Pollock (Both at: State University of New York, Binghamton). 15. Latin American Archaeology: From Colonialism To Globalization: Gustavo Politis (CONICET-UNCPBA, Argentina) and José Antonio Perez Gollán (CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina). 16. Contested Pasts: Archaeology and Native Americans: Randall H. McGuire (Binghamton University). 17. Identity, Modernity, and Archaeology: The Case of Japan: Koji Mizoguchi (Kyushu University, Japan). Index

A Companion to Social Archaeology explores the encounter of social theory and archaeology since the 1980s. The volume comprises 17 original essays grouped into four sections – Knowledges, Identities, Places, and Politics. Each section is prefaced with a review essay prepared by the editors that contextualizes the history and developments in social archaeology and related fields including anthropology, social theory, politics, and philosophy. The volume traces the origins of social theory within archaeology, discusses different conceptions of social archaeology, and identifies key intellectual issues that will have a bearing on the discipline’s future direction. This book advocates a social archaeology that foregrounds the situated experiences of material life, the constitution of the object world and, concurrently, their shaping of human experience. This collection provides an invaluable reference for students and teachers studying the intersections of archaeology, culture, and society.