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Archaeologists have traditionally considered islands as distinct physical and social entities. In this book, Paul Rainbird discusses the historical construction of this characterization and questions the basis for such an understanding of island archaeology. Through a series of case studies of prehistoric archaeology in the Mediterranean, Pacific, Baltic, and Atlantic seas and oceans, he argues for a decentering of the land in favor of an emphasis on the archaeology of the sea and, ultimately, a new perspective on the making of maritime communities. The archaeology of islands is thus unshackled from approaches that highlight boundedness and isolation, and replaced with a new set of principles - that boundaries are fuzzy, islanders are distinctive in their expectation of contacts with people from over the seas, and that island life can tell us much about maritime communities. Debating islands, thus, brings to the fore issues of identity and community and a concern with Western construction of other peoples.

Island archaeology. --- Islands. --- Maritime anthropology. --- Island archaeology --- Islands --- Maritime anthropology --- Marine anthropology --- Marine ethnology --- Maritime ethnology --- Isles --- Islets --- Anthropology --- Ethnology --- Landforms --- Archaeology --- Social Sciences --- Archeology

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"Anthropologists have written a great deal about the coastal adaptations and seafaring traditions of Pacific Islanders, but have had much less to say about the significance of rivers for Pacific island culture, livelihood and identity. The authors of this collection seek to fill that gap in the ethnographic record by drawing attention to the deep historical attachments of island communities to rivers, and the ways in which those attachments are changing in response to various forms of economic development and social change. In addition to making a unique contribution to Pacific island ethnography, the authors of this volume speak to a global set of issues of immense importance to a world in which water scarcity, conflict, pollution and the degradation of riparian environments afflict growing numbers of people. Several authors take a political ecology approach to their topic, but the emphasis here is less on hydro-politics than on the cultural meaning of rivers to the communities we describe. How has the cultural significance of rivers shifted as a result of colonisation, development and nation-building? How do people whose identities are fundamentally rooted in their relationship to a particular river renegotiate that relationship when the river is dammed to generate hydro-power or polluted by mining activities? How do blockages in the flow of rivers and underground springs interrupt the intergenerational transmission of local ecological knowledge and hence the ability of local communities to construct collective identities rooted in a sense of place?"

Maritime anthropology --- Rivers --- Water --- Crocodiles --- Ethnology. --- Religious aspects. --- Brooks --- Creeks --- Runs (Rivers) --- Streams --- Bodies of water --- Marine anthropology --- Marine ethnology --- Maritime ethnology --- Anthropology --- Ethnology --- Crocodiles (in religion, folk-lore, etc.) --- Water (in religion, folk-lore, etc.) --- Pacific Islands --- Waikato River

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Paleogeography. --- Prehistoric peoples. --- Maritime anthropology. --- Marine anthropology --- Marine ethnology --- Maritime ethnology --- Anthropology --- Ethnology --- Cavemen (Prehistoric peoples) --- Early man --- Man, Prehistoric --- Prehistoric archaeology --- Prehistoric human beings --- Prehistoric humans --- Prehistory --- Primitive societies --- Human beings --- Antiquities, Prehistoric --- Palaeogeography --- Physical geography

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In creating interpretive strategies for maritime sites, archaeologists and resource managers often are required to think creatively to overcome challenges and problems. These issues include interpreting sites in inaccessible locations and extremely deep water, enabling and controlling access to fragile sites and restricted areas, monitoring visitor behavior, making information interesting to a wide audience, and creating opportunities for public engagement, among other concerns. Meeting Challenges presents cutting-edge interpretation and public education strategies for maritime resources, both on land and underwater, with emphasis on solving the unique problems often associated with presenting these fragile, limited-access sites as heritage attractions and on developing effective visitation and civic engagement opportunities. The examples presented ideally can serve as models for resource managers, archaeologists engaged in interpretation, and site administrators. This volume brings together a diverse group of heritage professionals to discuss issues they’ve encountered and to present ideas and case studies for adapting, improvising, and overcoming them.

Maritime anthropology. --- Underwater archaeology. --- Archaeology, Submarine --- Marine archaeology --- Maritime archaeology --- Nautical archaeology --- Submarine archaeology --- Marine anthropology --- Marine ethnology --- Maritime ethnology --- Social sciences. --- Cultural heritage. --- Archaeology. --- Social Sciences. --- Cultural Heritage. --- Archaeology --- Underwater exploration --- Marine archaeologists --- Anthropology --- Ethnology --- Cultural heritage --- Cultural patrimony --- Cultural resources --- Heritage property --- National heritage --- National patrimony --- National treasure --- Patrimony, Cultural --- Treasure, National --- Property --- World Heritage areas --- Archeology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- History --- Antiquities --- Cultural property.

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Marchands, pirates et autres voyageurs n’ont pas attendu le viie siècle pour prendre la mer. Toutefois, alors que les échanges, tant commerciaux que culturels, se développent fortement et que la voile fait son apparition dans les mers nordiques, le contexte est propice à l’essor de grands ports marchands (emporia ou wics) sur leurs rives.Les caractéristiques communes de ces établissements portuaires, lieux de rencontre et de brassage au centre des réseaux d’échanges, invitent à une approche comparative des espaces franc, anglo-saxon, scandinave et slave. Pour étudier les emporia à la lumière des recompositions politiques, économiques et sociales des viie-xe siècles, un large éventail de sources, à la fois textuelles et archéologiques, est mobilisé, dans le cadre d’une approche interdisciplinaire, sollicitant également la géographie et l’anthropologie.Ce livre cherche à comprendre les interactions entre ces ports et leurs arrière-pays et à mettre en lumière les réseaux dans lesquels ils s’inscrivent, en prenant en compte les différents jeux d’échelle. Il s’agit de s’interroger sur les spécificités de ces communautés portuaires émergentes, tout en reconsidérant leur place dans les réseaux économiques du premier Moyen Âge à la lumière des récentes découvertes, qui bouleversent les approches traditionnelles, en Europe et même au-delà.

Ports --- Commerce maritime --- Échanges culturels --- Mer du Nord (région) --- Relations économiques extérieures --- Cultural relations --- Harbors --- Commerce --- Social archaeology --- Maritime anthropology --- Marine anthropology --- Marine ethnology --- Maritime ethnology --- Harbours --- Seaports --- Cultural exchange --- Intercultural relations --- History --- North Sea Region --- Europe, Northern --- Civilization. --- Navigation --- History. --- Antiquities. --- Anthropology --- Ethnology --- Archaeology --- Channels (Hydraulic engineering) --- Hydraulic structures --- Terminals (Transportation) --- Intellectual cooperation --- International relations --- Methodology --- Zeevervoer. Zeehavens --- Geschiedenis van Europa --- anno 500-1199 --- Europa: Noord --- Sea transport. Seaports --- History of Europe --- Europe: North --- Anchorages (Harbors) --- Commerce. --- Cultural relations. --- Harbors. --- International economic relations. --- Maritime anthropology. --- Navigation. --- Port cities --- Port cities. --- Relations culturelles. --- Social archaeology. --- Medieval. --- 500-1500. --- To 1500. --- Atlantic Ocean --- Europe septentrionale --- Europe --- Northern Europe. --- Antiquités. --- Foreign economic relations.