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Down to Earth Archaeology collects sixteen archaeological papers by Professor William Y. Adams chosen by the author, who added introductory commentary to each. These articles were written at various times during his lengthy and productive academic career for different purposes and for different audiences. Most of those selected had been previously published only in a limited way, either as conference proceedings or contributions to various Festschriften, and as such he wanted to enable them to reach a wider readership than they had originally. He described this collection as his 'dernières pensées'. The essays encompass a wide range of topics, from reflections upon the successes, failures and lessons learned from the UNESCO International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia in the 1960s, in which Bill was very much a leading figure and which he was uniquely positioned to critique, to discussions and criticisms of the theoretical framework of 'New' or 'Processual Archaeology' and its application of 'scientific' methods. Other papers included here are seminal works discussing the ideological concepts of typology and classification and their practical application to archaeological excavations, notably his own major excavations conducted at the large Nubian cityscapes of Meinarti, Kulubnarti and Qasr Ibrim, and the ceramic kilns at Faras."

Social archaeology --- Processual archaeology. --- Archaeology --- International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia --- Philosophy. --- Influence. --- Social aspects --- Adams, William Y. --- Archeology --- Anthropology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- History --- Antiquities --- Methodology --- Adams, William Yewdale, --- Adams, W. Y. --- Unesco. --- Campagne internationale pour la sauvegarde des monuments de la Nubie --- Campagne internationale pour la sauvegarde des monuments de Nubie --- Campaña internacional para la salvaguardia de los monumentos de Nubia --- International Campaign to Save the Monuments --- International Campaign for Safeguarding the Nubian Monuments

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This work advances the proposition that traditional ‘top down’ politics is being challenged by grass-roots, civil society based ‘bottom up’ politics in that most sensitive areas, the national security/arms control dichotomy. The book uses the example of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), that has succeeded in reversing or altering the national policies on landmines in over 130 countries globally. The book cites the efforts of what the author calls ‘moral entrepreneurs’, that is people who have adopted the risk-taking characteristics of business and social leaders to bring this state of affairs about. As a new polity that challenges old assumptions about the state’s preserve in matters of national security and moral force, the ICBL has set the benchmark for a fresh, twenty-first century paradigm in arms control.

Land mines (International law) --- Arms control --- Land mine victims. --- International law --- Landmine victims --- War victims --- Security, International --- Arms race --- Disarmament --- Military readiness --- Citizen participation. --- International Campaign to Ban Landmines. --- ICBL --- Kāpāyin-i Jahānī-i Mubārazah ʻAlayh-i Māyin --- کامپاين جهانى مبارزه عليه ماين