Comparative Studies in Archaeology Edited by T C . Champion ONE

Karl W. Butzer: Interdisciplinary mentor.

As his students in geography, archaeology, geology, and Latin American, African, and Middle Eastern Studies attest, you could learn more in one day in the field with Karl Butzer than you could in a semester-long course with any other professor. Karl’s fieldwork and active teaching endedMay 4, 2016. Future generations of students will learn fromKarl bymeans of his 15 books and monographs, and mo...

Critical Readings in Translation Studies, Edited by M. Baker (2010), Routledge, ISBN 978-0-415-46955-5

Approaches to Comparative Analysis in Archaeology

Archaeology is inherently comparative. Comparison is necessary to understand the material record, for one cannot identify or understand an object never before seen without comparing it to a known object. Comparison is also necessary to understand variation over time and space, for one cannot identify or investigate variation unless one has examples spanning a range of variation, nor can one exa...

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AFRICA. Encyclopedia of Precolonial Africa. Archaeology, History, Languages, Cultures and Environments. Edited by JOSEPH O. VOGEL. London: Sage, 1997. Pp. 605. 95 (ISBN 0-7619-8902-1)

Prehistoric Anthropogenic Impacts to Local and Regional Faunas Are Not Ubiquitous

Many zooarchaeologists have presented evidence indicating that pre­ h i toric forag rs h ad Significant impacts on faunas . The evidence has prompted the suggestion that anth ropogenic impacts are ubiqui tous. In many times and places humans indeed influenced local faunal communities. Research should not, however, be initia ted with the p reconceived notion that evidence of th il t influence wi...