Reinhard Bernbeck

Ruth M. Van Dyke

Seeking to move beyond the customary limits of archaeological prose and representation, Subjects and Narratives in Archaeology presents archaeology in a variety of nontraditional formats. The volume demonstrates that visual art, creative nonfiction, archaeological fiction, video, drama, and other artistic pursuits have much to offer archaeological interpretation and analysis. Chapters in the volume are augmented by narrative, poetry, paintings, dialogues, online databases, videos, audio files, and slideshows. The work will be available in print and as an enhanced ebook that incorporates and showcases the multimedia elements in archaeological narrative. While exploring these new and not-so-new forms, the contributors discuss the boundaries and connections between empirical data and archaeological imagination. Both a critique and an experiment, Subjects and Narratives in Archaeology addresses the goals, advantages, and difficulties of alternative forms of archaeological representation. Exploring the idea that academically sound archaeology can be fun to create and read, the book takes a step beyond the boundaries of both traditional archaeology and traditional publishing.

Subjects and Narrative in Archaeology

Stefan Burmeister

Archaeological Case Studies on Innovations - Berlin Studies of the AncientWorld 43

The Interplay of People and Technologies

Nur noch wenige Zeitzeug_innen können über die Zustände in den Lagern der nationalsozialistischen Gewaltherrschaft Auskunft geben. Das Archivmaterial ist - gerade bei kleineren Einrichtungen wie den KZ-Außenlagern und Zwangsarbeitslagern - oft unergiebig. Doch ihre Spuren sind überall in Mitteleuropa auffindbar. Was erzählen diese materiellen Überbleibsel? Archäologie ist ein weitgehend ungenutztes Werkzeug, um dieser Frage nachzugehen. Am Beispiel von Ausgrabungsfunden auf dem Tempelhofer Flugfeld in Berlin zeigt Reinhard Bernbeck detailliert, was eine solche »Archäologie der Moderne« leisten kann, wo ihre Grenzen liegen und wie sie sich in eine umstrittene »Erinnerungskultur« einfügt.

Zu einer Archäologie der Zeitgeschichte

Materielle Spuren des nationalsozialistischen Terrors

Susan Pollock

Archaeologies of the Middle East provides an innovative introduction to the archaeology of this fascinating region and a window on both its past and present. Written by some of the top archaeologists of the Middle East: scholars from diverse backgrounds with a wide range of interests and intellectual approaches Coverage spans 100,000 years: from the Paleolithic to Hellenistic times Explores the connections between modern-day politics and the social context of archaeological practice and various underutilized approaches to archaeological interpretation Designed for student use

Critical Perspectives

Archaeologies of the Middle East

Olivier Nieuwenhuyse

Peter Akkermans

Jana Rogasch

The times between the Neolithic and Urban revolutions in Mesopotamia have for a long time been interpreted as a period of stagnation. This volume is part of an emerging discourse that challenges such assumptions. Focussing upon the northern parts of ancient Western Asia, where most recent research has concentrated, an international group of researchers demonstrates that Upper Mesopotamia underwent complex historical changes that we just begin to grasp fully. The Late Neolithic was a critical phase of the history of the ancient Middle East. Authors investigate settlement patterns, practices of painting pottery, distributions of various raw materials, the role of craft industries, the emergence of seals and other issues from a variety of theoretical and practical questions. The book is a must-have for prehistorians working in the Near East, and a rich source of information for archaeologists working in other parts of the world. Olivier Nieuwenhuyse is a Research Fellow at Leiden University and at the DAI-Berlin. His research focuses on reconstructions of landscape and prehistoric settlement and the meanings of material culture. Reinhard Bernbeck is professor at the Freie Universitat Berlin and Binghamton University, New York. His research focuses on critical assessments of ancient Western Asian prehistory and historical periods. Peter Akkermans is professor at Leiden University. He is the director of the excavatons at Tell Sabi Abyad and had published widely on the prehistory of the ancient Near East.

Interpreting the Late Neolithic of Upper Mesopotamia

Kamyar Abdi

Foreword by the Series Editor; Preface: The genesis of the Fars Archaeology Project, by Kamyar Abdi; Goals of the excavations, by Susan Pollock, Reinhard Bernbeck, and Kamyar Abd; Notes on the physical and human geography of the Eastern Ramjerd Plain, by Saman Heydari and Reinhard Bernbeck; Surface survey at Tol-e Bai, by Reinhard Bernbeck; Excavation and site stratigraphy, by Susan Pollock; The Neolithic pottery, by Reinhard Bernbeck; Bakun pottery, by Reinhard Bernbeck, Hamid Fahimi and Nassim Janmaleki; Chipped stone artifacts, by Elham Ghasidian, Ahmad Azadi and Susan Pollock; A microwear study of chipped stone tools, by Melody Pope; Miniature cylindrical objects, by Susan Pollock; Small finds, by Mohsen Javeri, Kamyar Abdi and Reinhard Bernbeck; Grinding and pounding implements, by Fariba Saeedi and Susan Pollock; Burnt clay, by Reinhard Bernbeck and Michael Gregg; Burnt stone, by Susan Pollock and Saman Heydari; Animal bones, by Marjan Mashkour, with contributions of Salvador Bailon; Macrobotanical remains, by Masoumeh Kimiaie; Phytolith analysis, by Anies Hassan; Microdebris analysis, by Sepideh Saeedi; Organic residue analysis, by Michael Gregg; Radiocarbon dates, by Susan Pollock; A survey of rockshelters near Tol-e Bai, by Saman Heydari; Ethnoarchaeological observations at Ahmadabad in the south-central Zagros mountains, by Ahmad Azadi; Neolithic Worlds at Tol-e Bai, by Susan Pollock and Reinhard Bernbeck; Summary; Bibliography; Persian summary.

Reinhard Bernbeck

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