Early medieval household archaeology in Northwest Iberia (6^th-11^th centuries)

Household Archaeology in the Andes

Data from domestic contexts can be used to address significant anthropological research questions. Archaeological investigations in the Andes (areas once incorporated into the Inka empire, including northwestern Argentina, highland Bolivia, northern Chile, Ecuador, and Peru), like many parts of the world, rely on ethnohistory and ethnography to interpret the archaeological remains of domestic a...

Non-Iranian shu'ubiyya movements in early Islamic centuries

The Iranian Shuchr(chr(chr('39')39chr('39'))39chr(chr('39')39chr('39')))ubiyyah was large-scale and diverse movement, but the Shuchr(chr(chr('39')39chr('39'))39chr(chr('39')39chr('39')))ubiyya movements in the Islamic world was not limited to the Iranians. The Umayyad caliphate focused on the Arab element in political, social, and economic affairs, and it was caused dissatisfaction among other ...

A Research Framework for the Archaeology of Wales: Medieval

This paper updates the research framework for the medieval period in Wales (c. AD 1070 1539), following the conference held in 2010. The framework has developed over several stages. The medieval period was initially examined in 2001 (Davidson 2003), following which four regional frameworks were compiled, to be summarised in 2005 for all of Wales (Austin 2004). The framework was re-examined in 2...

Household Possessions and Wealth in Agrarian States: Implications for Archaeology

This paper deals with the problem of measuring household wealth from domestic artifactual remains. After an archaeologically useful definition and classitication of wealth is presented, quantitative anthropological, sociological, and historical analyses demonstrating a strong association between household possessions and wealth are reviewed. Then, ethnographic and historical data on different f...

HOUSEHOLD CHOR ES and HOUSEHOLD CHOICES Theorizing the Domestic Sphere in Historical Archaeology