{"product_id":"investigating-the-ordinary-everyday-matters-in-southeast-archaeology-hardcover","title":"Investigating the Ordinary: Everyday Matters in Southeast Archaeology - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah E. Price\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePhilip J. Carr\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing on the daily concerns, activities, and routine events of people in the past, \u003ci\u003eInvestigating the Ordinary\u003c\/i\u003e argues for a paradigm shift in the way southeastern archaeologists operate and urges them to think of the archaeological record in new ways. Instead of dividing archaeological work by time periods or artifact types, the essays in this volume unite separate areas of research through the theme of the everyday.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe contributors to this volume bring together case studies detailing ordinary people and their lives, spanning the Paleoindian period to the nineteenth century. The essays include an examination of how the white-tailed deer was entangled in the lives of Middle Archaic people not only as a food source but as a social and spiritual creature, as well as a look at the domestic lives of those who made exotic goods for the political and social elites in the Middle Woodland period. Cooking vessels in the Late Archaic period help trace the daily lives of the many people involved in their production, use, and eventual deposition. Mound sites are reconsidered in light of the everyday--assessing not only the meaning of the sites but the mobilization of labor and the deployment of resources that went into creating them.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaken together, these essays demonstrate that attention to everyday life can help researchers avoid overemphasizing data and jargon and instead discover connections between the people of different eras. This approach will also inspire archaeologists with ways to humanize their research and engage the public with their work and with the deep history of the southeastern United States.\u003c\/p\u003e A volume in the Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series \u003cb\u003eContributors: \u003c\/b\u003e Philip J. Carr - Sarah E. Price - D. Shane Miller - Jesse Tune - Christopher B. Rodning - Jayur M. Mehta - Bryan S. Haley - Lance Greene - Kandace D. Hollenbach - Stephen B. Carmody - Ashley A. Dumas - Christopher R. Moore - Richard W. Jeffries - Asa R. Randall\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah E. Price\u003c\/b\u003e, senior archaeologist with Wiregrass Archaeological Consulting, is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eContemporary Lithic Analysis in the Southeast: Problems, Solutions, and Interpretations\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003ePhilip J. Carr\u003c\/b\u003e, professor of anthropology at the University of South Alabama, is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eSigns of Power: The Rise of Cultural Complexity in the Sou\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003etheast\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 290\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 23, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42109359915143,"sku":"9781683400219","price":137.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/d0fe48e0736fdda7a3ff147363046051.webp?v=1732474071","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/investigating-the-ordinary-everyday-matters-in-southeast-archaeology-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}