Eventful Archaeologies: New Approaches to Social Transformation in the Archaeological Record (SUNY Series, The Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology Distinguished Monograph Series)

What is the role of events when evaluating the long-term significance of the archaeological record? Given that the event is a key mechanism for structural change, are historical transformations always eventful? And what is the relationship between specific events and other temporalities of change?In this notable volume, researchers from Germany to Iceland to New York, from across the sweep of European and North American prehistory and history, explore the promise and challenges of events, the potent intersections of history and archaeology. Of special interest are the potential of events for better understanding volcanic disasters, the "Neolithic argonauts" of the western Mediterranean, Roman provincial archaeology, early Neolithic southern Britain, change during the Paleolithic era, the Iron Age Heuneburg Mud-brick Wall, colonial New York, and households.Indispensable for historians, archaeologists, and those ethnohistorians and anthropologists working within a long-term historical framework, Eventful Archaeologies offers a more holistic and richly textured approach for comprehending cultural change. Cascading Prehistoric Events : Fractalizing Prehistoric Research / Ezra B. W. Zubrow -- A Paleohistorical Approach To Upper Paleolithic Structural Changes / Françoise Audouze And Boris Valentin -- Becoming, Phenomenal Change, Event: Past And Archaeological Re-presentations / Dušan Borić -- Event And Short-term Process: Times For The Early Neolithic Of Southern Britain / Alasdair Whittle, Alex Bayliss, And Frances Healy -- The Neolithic Argonauts Of The Western Mediterranean And Other Underdetermined Hypotheses Of Colonial Encounters / Pedro Díaz-del-río -- Eventful Archaeology, The Heuneburg Mudbrick Wall, And The Early Iron Age Of Southwest Germany / Bettina Arnold -- The Annales, Events, And The Fate Of Cities / John Bintliff -- Modeling The Amazon Phenomenon : Colonization Events And Gender Performances / Timothy Taylor -- The Allure Of The Event In Roman Provincial Archaeology / Louise Revell -- The Ad 79 Eruption Of Mt. Vesuvius : A Significant Or Insignificant Event? / Penelope M. Allison -- Testing Eventful Archaeologies: Eventful Archaeology And Volcanic Disasters / John P. Grattan -- Events, Temporalities, And Landscapes In Iceland / Oscar Aldred And Gavin Lucas -- Freedom As A Negotiated History, Or An Alternative Sort Of Event : The Transformation Of Home, Work, And Self In Early New York / Christopher N. Matthews -- Epilogue: Archaeology And The Human Career : Revolutions, Transformations, Events / Graeme Barker. Edited By Douglas J. Bolender. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Eventful Archaeologies 5 Contents 9 Preface 11 Introduction 15 Toward an Eventful Archaeology 17 Part 1. Eventful Prehistories 29 1. Cascading Prehistoric Events: Fractalizing Prehistoric Research 31 2. A Paleohistorical Approach to Upper Paleolithic Structural Changes 43 3. Becoming, Phenomenal Change, Event: Past and Archaeological Re-presentations 62 4. Event and Short-Term Process: Times for the Early Neolithic of Southern Britain 82 5. The Neolithic Argonauts of the WesternMediterranean and Other Underdetermined Hypotheses of Colonial Encounters 102 6. Eventful Archaeology, the Heuneburg Mudbrick Wall,and the Early Iron Age of Southwest Germany 114 Part II.Eventful Histories and Beyond 129 7. The Annales, Events, and the Fate of Cities 131 8. Modeling the “Amazon” Phenomenon Colonization Events and Gender Performances 146 9. The Allure of the Event in Roman Provincial Archaeology 165 10. The ad 79 Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius: A Significant or Insignificant Event? 180 11.Testing Eventful Archaeologies: Eventful Archaeology and Volcanic “Disasters” 193 12. Events, Temporalities, and Landscapes in Iceland 203 13. Freedom as a Negotiated History, or an Alternative Sort of Event: The Transformation of Home, Work, and Self in Early New York 213 Epilogue 231 14. Archaeology and the Human Career: Revolutions, Transformations, Events 233 Index 251 A 251 B 251 C 252 D 252 D 253 E 253 F 253 G 253 H 254 I 254 J 254 K 254 L 254 M 255 N 255 O 256 P 256 R 256 S 256 T 257 V 257 W 257 Y 257 Z 257 What is the role of events when evaluating the long-term significance of the archaeological record? Given that the event is a key mechanism for structural change, are historical transformations always eventful? And what is the relationship between specific events and other temporalities of change?In this notable volume, researchers from Germany to Iceland to New York, from across the sweep of European and North American prehistory and history, explore the promise and challenges of events, the potent intersections of history and archaeology. Of special interest are the potential of events for better understanding volcanic disasters, the'Neolithic argonauts'of the western Mediterranean, Roman provincial archaeology, early Neolithic southern Britain, change during the Paleolithic era, the Iron Age Heuneburg Mud-brick Wall, colonial New York, and households. Indispensable for historians, archaeologists, and those ethnohistorians and anthropologists working within a long-term historical framework, Eventful Archaeologies offers a more holistic and richly textured approach for comprehending cultural change. __The potential of events for interpreting changes in the archaeological record.__