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Happy Monday, Anyone interested in the forthcoming edited collection of CHAT papers *Historical Archaeologies of Cognition* (Equinox Books, Sept 2013) may wish to take cognisance of this offer. Forgive the plug, but 20% off seemed like an offer worth circulating. For those who may not already know - our friends at Equinox are also producing the new *Journal of Contemporary Archaeology*. *Historical Archaeologies of Cognition** > Explorations into Faith, Hope and Charity* > > Edited by James Symonds, Anna Badcock and Jeff Oliver > > HB £60 / $100 > > 9781845535346 > > September 2013 > > 256pp, 45 figures > > * * > > *20% discount when ordering from www.equinxopub.com quoting the code > SYMONDS valid until the end of October 2013.* > > This collection of essays draws inspiration from the late James Deetz’s *In > Small Things Forgotten*(1977). Deetz’s seminal work broke new ground by > using structuralist theory to show how artefacts reflected the ‘worldviews’ > or ideologies of their makers and users, and went on to claim that the > American colonial world had been structured according to a British > intellectual blueprint, the so-called‘Georgian Order’. Thirty years on, > this influential thesis has been substantially revised by more recent > scholarship, but Deetz’s central premise, that the systematic study of > mundane material objects such as tombstones, architecture, and furniture, > can render palpable the intangible aspects of human cognition and belief > systems, has become a fundamental tenet of modern historical archaeology. > > Drawing upon James Deetz’s insight that everyday objects from the recent > past are 'freighted with social significance' and that material culture > operates alongside language as a system of communication, the authors > present a series of case studies which unravel specific cultural moments in > well-documented historical periods across the modern world. The studies in > this volume range in date from the early 17th century to the late 20th > century and are unified by the way in which they employ theory from > archaeology and anthropology to elucidate the complex links between human > thought and action. The international authors make a significant > contribution to archaeological knowledge through their ability to move > beyond simple materialities to create human stories which transcend purely > descriptive show-and-tell accounts of archaeological sites and allow > taken-for-granted constructions of race, class and gender to be probed and > challenged. > > Contents: > > Chapter 1 > Finding Belief, Desire, and Benevolence > James Symonds and Jeff Oliver > > Part I Landscapes, Power, and Belief > Chapter 2 > Catholic Artefacts in a Protestant Landscape: A Multi-vocal Approach to > the Religiosity of Jamestown’s Colonists > Travis G Parno & Brent R. Fortenberry > > > Chapter 3 > > Discipline, church and landscape: Tornio Northern Finland, during the 17th > and 18th centuries > Timo Ylimaunu > > Chapter 4 > “Believe, Hon”: Markets, Faith, and Archaeology in 21st Century Baltimore > David Gadsby > > Part II Faith in Fashion > Chapter 5 > Trans-Atlantic Perspectives on 18th-Century Clothing > Carolyn L. White > > Chapter 6 > Articles of Faith and Decency: the Huguenot refugees > Greig Parker > > Part III Colonial Entanglements > Chapter 7 > Methodists in Paradise > Jonathan Prangnell & Kate Quirk > > Chapter 8 > Reflections on Resistance: Agency, Identity and being Indigenous in > Colonial British Columbia > Jeff Oliver > > Part IV Confinement & Resistance > Chapter 9 > Silent resistance and the V-sign campaign in Channel Islander internee > camps in Germany during WWII > Gillian Carr > > Chapter 10 > America’s World War II Internment Camps: Japanese American patriotism and > defiance at Manzanar > Jeff Burton > > Chapter 11 > A place of fear: Long Kesh/Maze prison site, Northern Ireland > Laura McAtackney > > Part V Death & Remembrance > Chapter 12 > Faith in Action: theology and practice in commemorative traditions > Harold Mytum > > Chapter 13 > The Changing Memories and Meanings of World War One Expressed Through > Public Commemorations > Sam Walls -- > > -- > Dr James Symonds FSA, FSA SCOT, MiFA YAT Fellow in Historical Archaeology Department of Archaeology University of York The King's Manor York Y01 7EP UK Tel: ++44 (0) 1904 433901 Email: [log in to unmask] Web: http://www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/academic-staff/james-symonds/ Academia.edu: http://york.academia.edu/JamesSymonds EMAIL DISCLAIMER http://www.york.ac.uk/docs/disclaimer/email.htm -------------------------- contemp-hist-arch is a list for news and events in contemporary and historical archaeology, and for announcements relating to the CHAT conference group. ------- For email subscription options see: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/archives/contemp-hist-arch.html ------- Visit the CHAT website for more information and for future meeting dates: http://www.contemp-hist-arch.ac.uk --------------------------