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Recently published collection “Discourses on Modernity” (Ed. by V. P. J. Arponen, Artur Ribeiro, Konrad Ott | 2025 | Sidestone Press) explores from different perspectives how the legacy of modernity still shapes the way archaeology thinks, works and makes sense of the human past, present and future.
#Archaeology #Research #Anthropology https://doi.org/10.59641/gg189js
Discourses on Modernity @ Sidestone Press
This collection provides interdisciplinary discussions of the impact of the heritage of modernity in archaeology and related disciplines from a theoretical and philosophical point of view. The ways the philosophical and scientific heritage of modernity shapes current human scientific thought is a much-discussed topic in archaeology, anthropology, and beyond. From central themes of modernity, such as reductionism, materialism, and physicalism, there is a connection to central archaeological and other concerns with the relationship of nature to culture – the biological, cognitive, and physiological, on the one hand, and the social, political, and epistemological on the other. As a political and…
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#EAZRecommends19–21 November: Starting tomorrow, explore the world of cats from multiple perspectives at the “CATS – Past & Present” conference in Rome (hybrid).
The programme & free online participation link here:
http://www.ethnoarchaeology.net/index.php/project/item/14-cats-past-present.html#conference #cats #anthropology #archaeology📑
#EAZRecommends: This paper uses community-based research at the homestead in
#Alberta to show how applying methodologies from
#Indigenous #archaeology to
#Blackheritage studies can recover erased histories and create a more inclusive sense of belonging.
#Anthropologyhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10761-025-00797-3Have you ever been curious about the visual language of Pueblo pottery? The virtual exhibition Painted Reflections at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture allows everyone to explore its use of optical illusions.
#Pueblo #Exhibition #EAZrecommendshttps://miaclab.org/painted-reflections
Explore Painted Reflections in 3D
Matterport 3D Showcase.
📘 Our book of the month is The Wheel of Autonomy (Berghahn Books, 2025) by Felix Girke. This
#ethnography of the Kara people in
#Ethiopia investigates ethnicity, agency and rhetoric in
#African social life, making it a must-read for anthropologists and Ethiopianists.
#Anthropology #EAZRecommendshttps://doi.org/10.3167/9781785339509Crossref
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📚 S. Udayakumar's study explores metal craftsmanship in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka (India), focusing on traditional metalworking techniques and their continuity across generations.
#Ethnoarchaeology #Metalworking #India #EAZRecommendsUdayakumar, S. (2024). Ethno-technological perspective of current wisdom of metal craft and craftsmanship, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. National Institute of Advanced Studies. SAARC Culture, Vol. 10, 180-196.
https://cms.nias.res.in/sites/default/filesefs/2025-04/Ethno_technological_Perspective_of_Curre.pdf🎥 Don’t miss Ancestral Visions of the Future — a director’s personal exploration of memory and identity, where myth and reality are blended to reflect his journey from Lesotho to exile. A must-watch from the
#75thBerlinale!
https://www.berlinale.de/en/2025/programme/202518041.html #Lesotho #Identity #EAZRecommendsThis new study in the Italian Alps shows how ethnoarchaeological inductive predictive modelling can reconstruct past human-environment interactions and offer insights into settlement patterns and land use.
#Ethnoarchaeology #PredictiveModelling #AlpineArchaeology #EAZRecommendsCroce, E., Carrer, F. & Angelucci, D.E. Ethnoarchaeological Inductive Predictive Model: A Field Test in the Italian Alps. J Archaeol Method Theory 32, 43 (2025).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-025-09712-w
Ethnoarchaeological Inductive Predictive Model: A Field Test in the Italian Alps - Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
Inductive predictive modelling is a controversial tool in archaeology. Visibility, taphonomy and research history can affect the statistical reliability of an archaeological dataset to be used as a training sample for a predictive model. To overcome these biases, an ethnoarchaeological approach has been proposed. This methodology has been developed and tested on a pastoral context in the Eastern Italian Alps. The present research proposes an application to a different, more composite landscape in the Central Italian Alps, testing the reliability of the model in relation to a heterogeneous and diachronic dataset, collected through extensive fieldwork. The results show that the model has an excellent degree of accuracy in predicting past structures with a similar purpose of use as the training sample. In addition, we show that its discriminative power can be greatly improved by the use of contemporary environmental predictors. However, the use of variables non-quantifiable for the past is an issue for the full applicability of this type of model to archaeological datasets. The results also show that this methodology, regardless of predictive results, can give us a good insight into the relationship between humans and their environment. The field application of the methodology has led us to understand that ethnoarchaeology can already be considered a reliable approach to address various methodological concerns of archaeological predictive modelling, but the primary purpose of such models should be seen more as explanatory rather than predictive.
🎥 Dahomey (2024) confronts the complex dynamics of repatriation and its implications for contemporary African identity and heritage.
#Dahomey #Anthropology #Repatriation #EAZRecommendsEver wondered how archaeology became what it is today? With 38 chapters by leading experts from around the globe, The Oxford Handbook of the History of Archaeology, ed. by Margarita Díaz-Andreu and Laura Coltofean, is the guide to understanding the past and the history of how we uncover it.
#HistoryOfArchaeology #OxfordHandbooks #Archaeology #EAZRecommends
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