archaeology
artifact
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Cherokee
common everyday events
cooking vessels
daily activities
daily lives of humans
Early and Middle Woodland periods
Early Archaic
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Ethnohistory
everyday life
food preparation
food production
food sources
Household Archaeology
Kolomoki
labor
Middle Archaic
Middle Archaic Period
Mississippian
Mound Building
Narrative
Paleoindian
Paleoindian period
resources
routine events
Product details
- ISBN 9781683400219
- Weight: 555g
- Dimensions: 151 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 23 Jan 2018
- Publisher: University Press of Florida
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Focusing on the daily concerns and routine events of people in the past, Investigating the Ordinary argues for a paradigm shift in the way southeastern archaeologists operate. Instead of dividing archaeological work by time periods or artifact types, the essays in this volume unite separate areas of research through the theme of the everyday.
Ordinary activities studied here range from flint-knapping to ceremonial crafting, from subsistence to social gatherings, and from the Paleoindian period to the nineteenth century. Contributors demonstrate that attention to everyday life can help researchers avoid overemphasizing data and jargon and instead discover connections between the people of different eras. This approach will also inspire archaeologists with ways to engage the public with their work and with the deep history of the southeastern United States.
Ordinary activities studied here range from flint-knapping to ceremonial crafting, from subsistence to social gatherings, and from the Paleoindian period to the nineteenth century. Contributors demonstrate that attention to everyday life can help researchers avoid overemphasizing data and jargon and instead discover connections between the people of different eras. This approach will also inspire archaeologists with ways to engage the public with their work and with the deep history of the southeastern United States.
