Archaeology is undoubtedly most famous for its exploration and discovery of “wonderful things” from the deep past in “exotic” places: Tutankhamun’s tomb! Lost Maya cities! Archaeologists are also keen sift through and ask questions of ancient garbage: What do these tools at Stonehenge suggest about Neolithic and Bronze Age social […]

Week 1 Cipolla, Craig N. “Native American Historical Archaeology and the Trope of Authenticity.” Historical Archaeology 47, no. 3 (2013): 12–22.     Mullins, Paul R. 2013. “Race and Prosaic Materiality: The Archaeology of Contemporary Urban Space and the Invisible Colour Line.” In The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of the […]