Keyword Bibliography of
Ethnoarchaeology and Related Topics
(Version 4.1– October 2004)
compiled by
Nicholas David et al.
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Introduction -
features of Versions 4.x
The fourth version of the ethnoarchaeology bibliography celebrates
the first time in my retirement from teaching and admin that I have had time
to do anything about my website. It now contains over 9995 records that
are primarily or substantially ethnoarchaeological in content (with the keyword
‘ea’) and a total of 2158 records. I have sought to include authors’
first names and middle initials and for greater consistency in presentation
by use of an output format modeled on that of the Journal of the Royal Anthropological
Institute. Keywords render the bibliography searchable by any word processor.
Search instructions are given below.
This is a working document developed for purposes of research,
and for the benefit of colleagues. Do not expect bibliographic sophistication.
Renewed thanks to various colleagues, to Ian Hodder, Carol
Kramer, Patty Jo Watson and Fiona Marshall for the initial listings that
provided a basis for development, and to several -- but still far too few
-- others who have sent me references and reprints.
Absolutely no copyright is claimed; the bibliography is
for the use of all without conditions. I would appreciate comments, corrections
and additions (see below). Those sent to me by email (ndavid@ucalgary.ca)
or otherwise will be gratefully and erratically incorporated in subsequent
updates.
Procite 4.0.3 version
An IBM Procite 4.0.3 version of the bibliography can be downloaded
from this website, but please, if you do so, feel under an obligation to send
me a reasonable number of additions, corrections or other useful comments on the
bibliography, or alternatively reprints. Indeed all reprints, course outlines,
notifications or examples of new teaching aids, etc., will be gratefully received
and publicized in this and other media as time and energy allow.
Keywords
In order to facilitate searches, the first three keyword
elements are codes for (sub)discipline/geographic area/main topic of publication,
separated by slashes.
The codes for discipline
are all two letters:
an general anthropology
(i.e., not in any of the categories below)
ar archaeology
ea ethnoarchaeology
eh ethnohistory
et ethnology/ethnography
ex experimental archaeology
mc studies of material culture,
technology
ph philosophy of science;
social theory
Because the primary purpose of the bibliography is to provide
access to ethnoarchaeological materials, a reference that combines ethnoarchaeology
with another discipline will be classified as ‘ea’ so long as its ethnoarchaeological
content is significant.
The next set of codes for geographic
area are all three letters
long:
var None or more than one of the
following areas:
nam North America
mam Meso-America and Greater Antilles - Cuba,
etc.
sam South America and lesser Antilles north
to Antigua
naf North Africa: Morocco, Algeria,
Tunisia, Libya, Egypt
saf Sub-Saharan Africa including Mauritania,
Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan, and the Horn
eur Europe: Western, Central and former
Soviet Union east to the Urals and Caspian Sea
swa Southwest Asia including Turkey and
Iran
cas Central Asia – Afghanistan and former
Soviet Union east of the Urals and Caspian Sea to 90° East
eas East Asia: Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, PRC,
Japan, Korea, Mongolia and Siberia east of 90° East
sas South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)
sea Southeast Asia – Burma to Vietnam, including
the islands of the Sunda shelf
aus Australasia, including the islands of
the Sahul shelf
oce Oceania
The codes for primary topicof
book or article are four letters
long:
theo theory and method in general
form site formation processes
faun bones, faunal remains
hunt hunting and gathering, foraging
subs other subsistence practices
lith lithics
pots ceramics
metl metallurgy
arti other artifact classes and their
functions, including consideration of taxonomy and typology
setl settlement patterns
spac activity areas, domestic space, architecture
(may have demographic aspects)
prod organization of production, transmission
of knowledge
exch trade, exchange, distribution
styl style and ethnicity
mort mortuary practices, disposal of the dead
(may include aspects of ideology)
ideo ideology, metaphors in technology,
systems of thought
Note that anal (analogy), and deco (decoration)
are no longer categorized as primary topics. However, they and ecol
(ecology) are retained as keywords.
Thus in order to use a word processing program to search
for:
– ethnoarchaeological publications on fauna carried
out in Sub-Saharan Africa, enter ea/saf/faun
– publications in the philosophy of science on analogy,
enter ph/var/theo/anal
– all publications on Oceania, enter /oce
It should also be possible, depending on your program, to
make use of wild cards, e.g. ea/??? /setl to find all the ethnoarchaeological
publications on settlement patterns, etc.
Obviously this system is crude; we have had to make arbitrary
decisions, for example, as to the categorization of a paper that deals
with the organization of production and exchange of a paper on ceramics.
Should it be classified as prod, exch, or pots? Several
searches may be necessary to obtain the full listing of relevant publications.
In addition, we have, rather unsystematically, added other
keywords, e.g., Hadza/Aborigine/Mexico/arrow, focusing on group names,
countries, tool types, and the like. If a work is primarily ethnoarchaeology
but includes a significant experimental archaeology element, I have added
/ex
to the keywords after the first three. And so on. Keywords following the
first three are in no particular order. To find publications dealing with
Mexican topics, search for /Mexico (using the slash character),
and so on. For serious keyword searches, there is no alternative to using
ProCite.
Acknowledgements
I thank Claire Bourges and Emma Farid for their assistance
in preparing an earlier version of the bibliography.