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Though archaeologists have long acknowledged the work of social anthropologists, anthropologists have been much less eager to repay the compliment. This volume argues that the time has come to recognise the insights archaeological approaches can bring to anthropology. Archaeology's rigorous approach to evidence and material culture; its ability to develop flexible research methodologies; its readiness to work with large-scale models of comparative social change, and to embrace the latest technology all means that it can offer valuable methods that can enrich and enhance current anthropological thinking.Cross-disciplinary and international in scope, this exciting volume draws together cutting-edge essays on the relationship between the two disciplines, arguing for greater collaboration and pointing to new concepts and approaches for anthropology. With contributions from leading scholars, this book will be essential reading for students and scholars of archaeology, anthropology and related disciplines.

Ethnoarchaeology. --- Social archaeology. --- Anthropology.

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Where do our images about early hominids come from? In this fascinating in-depth study, David Van Reybrouck demonstrates how input from ethnography and primatology has deeply influenced our visions about the past from the 19th century to this day - often far beyond the available evidence. Victorian scholars were keen to look at contemporary Australian and Tasmanian aboriginals to understand the enigmatic Neanderthal fossils. Likewise, today's primatologists debate to what extent bonobos, baboons or chimps may be regarded as stand-ins for early human ancestors. The belief that the contemporary world provides 'living links' still goes strong. Such primate models, Van Reybrouck argues, continue the highly problematic 'comparative method' of the Victorian times. He goes on to show how the field of ethnoarchaeology has succeeded in circumventing the major pitfalls of such analogical reasoning. A truly interdisciplinary study, this work shows how scholars working in different fields can effectively improve their methods for interpreting the deep past by understanding the historical challenges of adjacent disciplines. Overviewing two centuries of intellectual debate in fields as diverse as archaeology, ethnography and primatology, Van Reybrouck's book is one long plea for trying to understand the past on its own terms, rather than as facile projections from the present.

Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- History as a science --- Prehistory --- Antropologie [Prehistorische ] --- Anthropology --- Ethnoarchaeology --- Primatology --- Geschiedenis --- Comparative method

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Migrations and population dynamics are considered very problematic topics in the fields of ancient studies. Recent scholarship in (pre)historical population has generated new impulses by using scientific approaches using radiogenic and stable isotopes, and palaeogenetics, as well as computer simulation. As a result, the state of migration research has undergone rapid change. Several research groups presented papers at a conference held in Berlin in 2010, addressing specific historical aspects of population dynamics and migration, with no chronological or geographical restrictions, in the light of cutting-edge bio-archaeological research. This volume, divided into three larger thematic sections (isotope analysis, population genetics, and modelling and computer simulation), presents experiences and insights about methodological approaches, research results and prospects for future research in this area in a varied collection of papers. Scholars from widely diverse scientific disciplines present their approaches, findings and interpretations to an audience far broader than the circles of the individual disciplines.

Anthropology, Prehistoric --- Ethnoarchaeology --- Population genetics --- Evolutionary genetics --- Population biology --- Stable isotopes --- Anthropology, Prehistoric. --- Ethnoarchaeology. --- Population genetics. --- Evolutionary genetics. --- Population biology. --- Stable isotopes. --- Population Genetics. --- Stable Isotope Analysis. --- Strontium Isotope Analysis.

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Where do our images about early hominids come from? In this fascinating in-depth study, David Van Reybrouck demonstrates how input from ethnography and primatology has deeply influenced our visions about the past from the 19th century to this day - often far beyond the available evidence. Victorian scholars were keen to look at contemporary Australian and Tasmanian aboriginals to understand the enigmatic Neanderthal fossils. Likewise, today's primatologists debate to what extent bonobos, baboons or chimps may be regarded as stand-ins for early human ancestors. The belief that the contemporary

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Cooking --- Cooks --- Food habits --- Social archaeology --- Ethnoarchaeology --- Archaeology and history --- Cuisine --- Cuisiniers --- Habitudes alimentaires --- Archéologie sociale --- Ethnoarchéologie --- Archéologie et histoire --- History --- Congresses. --- Social aspects --- Congresses --- Histoire --- Congrès --- Aspect social --- Archaeology and history. --- Ethnoarchaeology. --- Social archaeology. --- Cookware --- History. --- Cookery --- Food preparation --- Food science --- Home economics --- Cookbooks --- Dinners and dining --- Food --- Gastronomy --- Table --- Chefs --- Food service employees --- Kitchen utensils --- Archaeology --- Ethnic archaeology --- Ethnicity in archaeology --- Ethnology in archaeology --- Ethnology --- Historical archaeology --- History and archaeology --- Methodology