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This volume contains thirty-five papers from a 2010 conference on landscape archaeology focusing on the definition of landscape as used by processual archaeologists, earth scientists, and most historical geographers, in contrast to the definition favored by postprocessual archaeologists, cultural geographers, and anthropologists. This tension provides a rich foundation for discussion, and the papers in this collection cover a variety of topics including: how do landscapes change; how to improve temporal, chronological, and transformational frameworks; how to link lowlands with mountainous areas; applications of scale; new directions in digital prospection and modeling techniques; and the future of landscape archaeology.

Landscape archaeology --- Archéologie du paysage --- Congresses. --- Congrès --- Landscape archaeology -- Congresses. --- History & Archaeology --- Anthropology --- Social Sciences --- Archaeology --- Prehistoric Anthropology --- Archéologie du paysage --- Congrès --- Cultural landscapes

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Salt is an invisible object for research in archaeology. However, ancient writings, ethnographic studies and the evidence of archaeological exploitation highlight it as an essential reference for humanity. Both an edible product and a crucial element for food preservation, it has been used by the first human settlements as soon as food storage appeared (Neolithic).As far as the history of food habits (both nutrition and preservation) is concerned, the identification and the use of that resource certainly proves a revolution as meaningful as the domestication of plants and wild animals. On a gl

Salt industry and trade --- Salt mines and mining --- Excavations (Archaeology). --- History --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Sel --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- Industrie et commerce --- Histoire --- Mines et extraction --- Nonmetallic minerals industry --- Mines and mineral resources --- Archaeological digs --- Archaeological excavations --- Digs (Archaeology) --- Excavation sites (Archaeology) --- Ruins --- Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) --- Archaeology --- History.

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Pottery made in the Aegean during the Late Bronze Age has been found in many parts of the Mediterranean-Mycenaean dinner and storage vessels, for example, have been discovered at some four hundred sites outside Greece. These artifacts provide one of the main sources of information on Mycenaean trade and interregional contact, but the role of pottery in international exchange during this period is still not properly understood. Gert Jan van Wijngaarden brings us closer with this study, which investigates patterns of consumption for the three biggest importers of Mycenaean pottery: the Levant, Cyprus, and Italy.

Civilization, Mycenaean. --- Excavations (Archaeology). --- Pottery, Mycenaean. --- Pottery, Mycenaean --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Mediterranean Region --- Antiquities. --- Mycenaean civilization --- Mycenaean pottery --- Civilization, Aegean --- Pottery --- Pottery [Mycenaean ] --- Middle East --- Cyprus --- Italy

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Networks of Power describes who was involved in these competitions and in which network drew participated; what resources were mustered within these webs; which projects were fueled by these assets; and how, and to what extent, they contributed to the achievement of political aims. --Book Jacket. Describing the material and behavioral patterns pertaining to the Late Postclassic period using components of three settlements in the Naco Valley of northwestern Honduras, the book focuses on how contests for power shaped political structures. Power-seeking individuals, including but not restricted to ruling elites, depended on network of allies to support their political objectives. Ongoing and partially successful competitions waged within networks led to the incorporation of exotic ideas and imported items into the daily practices of all Naco Valley occupants. The result was a fragile hierarchical structure forever vulnerable to the initiatives of agents operating on local and distant stages. -- Little is known about how Late Postclassic populations in southeast Mesoamerica organized their political relations. Networks of Power fills gaps in the knowledge of this little-studied area, reconstructing the course of political history in the Naco Valley from the fourteenth through early sixteenth centuries. --

Sociology / General --- Naco Valley (Honduras) --- Maya Indians --- Mayans --- Valle de Naco (Honduras) --- Social archaeology --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Elite (Social sciences) --- Power (Social sciences) --- Mayas --- Antiquities. --- Politics and government. --- Kings and rulers. --- Archaeology --- Archaeological digs --- Archaeological excavations --- Digs (Archaeology) --- Excavation sites (Archaeology) --- Ruins --- Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) --- Elites (Social sciences) --- Leadership --- Social classes --- Social groups --- Empowerment (Social sciences) --- Political power --- Exchange theory (Sociology) --- Political science --- Social sciences --- Sociology --- Consensus (Social sciences) --- Indians of Central America --- Indians of Mexico --- Methodology --- Ceramic --- Chert --- Mesoamerica --- Mesoamerican chronology --- Midden --- Obsidian --- Perlite --- Pottery --- Stone tool

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Archaeology, Medieval --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Archéologie médiévale --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- Periodicals --- Périodiques --- Burgundy (France) --- France --- Bourgogne (France) --- Civilization --- Antiquities --- History --- Civilisation --- Antiquités --- Histoire --- Middle Ages --- Civilization, Medieval --- Medievalists --- Research --- Arts and Humanities --- archaeology --- middle ages --- Civilization, Medieval. --- Middle Ages. --- Mediaevalists --- Historians --- Historiography --- Medieval civilization --- Chivalry --- Renaissance --- Dark Ages --- History, Medieval --- Medieval history --- Medieval period --- World history, Medieval --- World history --- Medievalism