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Introduction: Archaeological approaches to cultural identity

Stephen Shennan
- pp 29-60
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In this article, the authors argue that the phenomenon of cultural difference raises profound problems for archaeology at all levels of both theory and practice, and outline some of these problem areas, and the individual chapters examine various aspects of them from a variety of different viewpoints.
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The essence of the argument in this book is that the phenomenon of cultural difference raises profound problems for archaeology at all levels of both theory and practice. This introduction outlines some of these problem areas, and the individual chapters examine various aspects of them from a variety of different viewpoints.

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Island interaction in the prehistoric Caribbean: An archaeological case study from Northern Cuba

Jago Cooper
TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented evidence of prehistoric island interaction in a case study area of northern Cuba using GIS applications to map this evidence and to compare archaeology from the case-study area with the newly created database of Cuban archaeology.
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Translocal Communities – Exploring Mobility and Migration in Sedentary Societies of the European Neolithic and Early Bronze Age

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an alternative Sichtweise auf prähistorische soziale Organisation geworben and eine neue Herangehensweise an das Verhältnis zwischen den Verbreitungsmustern der materiellen Kultur im archäologischen Befund and der räumlichen Dimension sozialler Organisation vorgeschlagen.

Pioneer Settlement in the Mesolithic of Northern Sweden

TL;DR: In this article, the authors cast light on the earliest settlement of northern Sweden using the starting point of lithic artifacts, which have been studied from a technological as well as a more conventi...

The Past is Present : Archaeological sites and identity formation in Southern Africa

John Molin
TL;DR: In this paper, the connection between archaeological sites and processes of identity formation in Southern Africa, as expressed in relation to the Twyfelfontein rock art site and Great Zimba...