Sarah Milledge Nelson explores a bold thesis that the development of states in East Asia—China, Japan, Korea—was an outgrowth of the leadership in smaller communities guided by shamans.
This methods book will guide the reader through the process of conducting and producing an autoethnographic study through the understanding of self, other, and culture.
This volume examines twelve Asian groups whose way of life is endangered. Some are "indigenous" peoples, some are... Læs mere
In this concise, student-friendly guide, Fontana and Prokos give a cogent introduction to the history, types, and methods of interviewing in the social sciences.
Dwight Read offers a methodology for producing systematic classifications of objects that are both salient to the cultural groups that produced them and relevant for establishing cultural categories and timelines for archaeologists.
Contributors from a wide spectrum of disciplines, including archaeology, anthropology, geography, ecology, palaeo-science, geology, sociology, and history discuss the complex ways in which human culture, economy, and demographics interact with ecology and climate change.
This comprehensive guide provides the reader with basic information of the most common types of structures, sites, and objects encountered in North American industrial archaeology, including bridges, railroads, factories, water and power generating facilities, and others.
An essential new guide to the theory and practice of conducting ethnographic research in consumer environments, drawing on decades of the authors’ own... Læs mere
Tom King, renowned expert on the heritage preservation process, explains to preservationists and other community activists the ins and outs of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Actand how it can be used to protect special places in your community.
Women in academia have struggled for centuries to establish levels of acceptance and credibility equal to men in the same fields, and... Læs mere
Provides the heritage management world with summaries of notable court cases, settlements and other dispositions, legislation, government regulations, policies and... Læs mere
Aims to provide those in the heritage management world with summaries of notable court cases, settlements and other dispositions, legislation, government... Læs mere