Feinman G.M., Price T.D. (eds). Archaeology at the Millennium: A Sourcebook

Springer, 2007. — 508 p. — ISBN: 978-0-306-46452-2.In this book an internationally distinguished roster of contributors considers the state of the art of the discipline of archaeology at the turn of the 21st century and charts an ambitious agenda for the future. The chapters address a wide range of topics including, paradigms, practice, and relevance of the discipline; paleoanthropology; fully modern humans; holocene hunter-gatherers; the transition to food and craft production; social inequality; warfare; state and empire formation; and the uneasy relationship between classical and anthropological archaeology.Archaeology at the Millennium: Of Paradigms and Practice (Gary M. Feinman and T. Douglas Price).
An Aspect of Archaeology’s Recent Past and Its Relevance in the New Millennium (Jeremy A. Sabloff and Wendy Ashmore).
First Hominids to Complex Hunter–Gatherers.
Paleoanthropology at the Millennium (Kathy Schick and Nicholas Toth).
Fully Modern Humans (Richard G. Klein).
Holocene Hunter–Gatherers (Robert L. Bettinger).
The Transition from Hunter–Gatherers to Agricultural Villages.
The Transition to Food Production (Bruce D. Smith).
Richman, Poorman, Beggarman, Chief: The Dynamics of Social Inequality (Brian Hayden).
Craft Production Systems (Cathy Lynne Costin).
Warfare and the Evolution of Culture (Jonathan Haas).
The Rise of Archaic States.
Understanding Ancient State Societies in the Old World (Gil J. Stein).
State Formation in the New World (Linda Manzanilla).
Classical Archaeology and Anthropological Archaeology in North America: A Meeting of Minds at the Millennium? (Jack L. Davis).
Empires (Carla M. Sinopoli).The Archaeology of the Future (T. Douglas Price and Gary M. Feinman).