Product Description: This book develops a theory and framework to describe how archaeology can contribute to a more humane world. Recognizing that archaeology is an inherently political activity, Randall H. McGuire builds on the history of archaeological theory and Marxist dialectical theory to point out how archaeologists can use their craft to evaluate interpretations of the real world, construct meaningful histories for communities, and challenge the persistent legacies of colonialism and class struggle...read more

Product Description: Presents the results of a survey project that seeks to understand the prehistory of the Trincheras culture in northwest Sonora. The 98 sites recorded range from 2,500 B.C. to historic Tohono O'odham sites from the early 1900's.

Product Description: Based on a study of more than 200 burials at the US site of La Ciudad (725 AD to 1100 AD), this is an exploration of the meaning of burials as statements on the nature of power relations and social structure. Focusing on the inequalities between the distribution of grave goods and other aspects of material culture, the author argues against trying to characterize Hohokam society, or perhaps any archaeological culture, in terms of set evolutionary stages or degrees of complexity...read more