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As information-rich findings are rapidly being deciphered, it is clear that the temporal depth and global breadth of archaeological discoveries are sufficiently rich to inform us regarding key contemporary issues—sustainability, inequality, governance, well-being, and heritage.
Ernest Hooten once described archaeologists as “the senile playboys of science rooting in the rubbish heaps of antiquity.” Although Hooten’s view of archaeology as an esoteric discipline remains intact in some quarters, clearly times have changed—and in this volume a diverse suite of archaeologists marshal their thoughts regarding the current state and future of the discipline.
T. Douglas Price, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Introduction
Gary M. Feinman
I. DIVERSITY ACROSS REGIONS
Chiefdoms from the Beginnings Until Now
Jennifer Birch
Chiefdoms in Evolutionary Perspective
Shadreck Chrikure
From the Past to the Future: Native American Archaeology in Eastern North America
Victor D. Thompson
Dynamic Environments and The Human Niche
Seth Quintus
Archaeologies of Cooperation and Collective Action
David M. Carballo
II. NEW METHODOLOGICAL LENSES
Bioarchaeology: Skeletons to Past Life Experiences
George R. Milner and Jesper L. Boldsen
Toward a Post-Paradigmatic Archaeology
Kristian Kristiansen
“Not Only Outer”: Futures in the Archaeology of Religion
Robert S. Weiner
Network Thinking and Anti-Categorical Archaeology
Jacob Holland-Lulewicz
III. CONCEPTUAL IMPLICATIONS
Scales of Scientific Interaction: The New Integrative Archaeology
Johannes Müller
Shaping Archaeology’s Future: The European Association of Archaeologists
Eszter Banffy
Taking the Pulse in Classical Archaeology
Susan E. Alcock
IV. INFRASTRUCTURAL CHANGES
The Future of Publishing in Academic Archaeology
Mark Aldenderfer
The Relevance of the Past: Reconfiguring Archaeology and Modernity
Gary M. Feinman