Relational Identities and Other-than-Human Agency in Archaeology
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Eleanor Harrison-Buck is associate professor of anthropology at the University of New Hampshire. She won the 2015 Gordon R. Willey Award from the American Anthropological Association for her article “Architecture as Animate Landscape: Circular Shrines in the Ancient Maya Lowlands” and is the editor of Power and Identity in Archaeological Theory and Practice. Julia A. Hendon is professor of anthropology, associate provost, and director of the Johnson Center for Creative Teaching and Learning at Gettysburg College. She is author of Houses in a Landscape, winner of the 2015 Linda S. Cordell Book Award in Archaeology, and coauthor of Material Relations.“As archaeologists—with our reliance on the material world serving as the basis of our interpretations of the past—we must question Western assumptions about how the world is organized and divided in terms of the roles and significance played by ‘things.’ This book does just that.” —Linda Brown, George Washington University “This is an impressive collection written by a wide range of specialists each of whom makes an important contribution.” —Chris Fowler, Newcastle University
“This important volume positions itself within the relational turn, a movement currently taking centre stage in archaeological theory. . . .This book offers us a set of theoretically engaged and fascinating papers that are a pleasure to read. There is much to learn and reflect on here, and each paper shows that an emphasis on relations in specific historical contexts has much to teach us about how humans and non-humans make their worlds.” —Antiquity "The book offers highly recommendable lessons and is truly thought-provoking." —Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies"The case studies are thoughtfully written, interesting, and compelling, and each is worth a close read, particularly for those interested in the time periods and geographical areas represented. . . . This is an excellent book." —Latin American Antiquity
"This book marks an important 'effort to move the ontological project forward in archaeology’ and will be essential reading for anthropologists, archaeologists and other thoughtful scholars." —Time and Mind