- 218 pages
- English
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About this book
The new mobilities paradigm has yet to have the same impact on archaeology as it has in other disciplines in the social sciences - on geography, sociology and anthropology in particular - yet mobility is fundamental to archaeology: all people move. Moving away from archaeology's traditional focus upon place or location, this volume treats mobility as a central theme in archaeology. The chapters are wide-ranging and methodological as well as theoretical, focusing on the flows of people, ideas, objects and information in the past; they also focus on archaeology's distinctiveness. Drawing on a wealth of archaeological evidence for movement, from paths, monuments, rock art and boats, to skeletal and DNA evidence, Past Mobilities presents research from a range of examples from around the world to explore the relationship between archaeology and movement, thus adding an archaeological voice to the broader mobilities discussion. As such, it will be of interest not only to archaeologists and historians, but also to sociologists, geographers and anthropologists.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Past Mobility: An Introduction
- 2 Past Movements, Tomorrow’s Anchors. On the Relational Entanglements Between Archaeological Mobilities
- 3 Enmeshments of Shifting Landscapes and Embodied Movements of People and Animals
- 4 Suspended Animations: Mobilities in Rock Art Research
- 5 GIS Approaches to Past Mobility and Accessibility: An Example From the Bronze Age Khanuy Valley, Mongolia
- 6 Micro Mobilities and Affordances of Past Places
- 7 Mobility and the Skeleton: A Biomechanical View
- 8 Women on the Move. The DNA Evidence for Female Mobility and Exogamy in Prehistory
- 9 Mobility in the Roman Empire
- 10 Travelling by Water. A Chronology of Prehistoric Boat Archaeology/Mobility in England
- Index