{"product_id":"historical-archaeology-through-a-western-mark-warner-9780803277281","title":"Historical Archaeology Through a Western Lens","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 2017 Choice Outstanding Academic Title \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The mythic American West, with its perilous frontiers, big skies, and vast resources, is frequently perceived as unchanging and timeless. The work of many western-based historical archaeologists over the past decade, however, has revealed narratives that often sharply challenge that timelessness. \u003ci\u003eHistorical Archaeology Through a Western Lens\u003c\/i\u003e reveals an archaeological past that is distinct to the region--but not in ways that popular imagination might suggest. Instead, this volume highlights a western past characterized by rapid and ever-changing interactions between diverse groups of people across a wide range of environmental and economic situations. The dynamic and unpredictable lives of western communities have prompted a constant challenging and reimagining of both individual identities and collective understandings of their position within a broader national experience. Indeed, the archaeological West is one clearly characterized by mobility rather than stasis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The archaeologies presented in this volume explore the impact of that pervasive human mobility on the West--a world of transience, impermanence, seasonal migration, and accelerated trade and technology at scales ranging from the local to the global. By documenting the challenges of both local community-building and global networking, they provide an archaeology \u003ci\u003eof\u003c\/i\u003e the West that is ultimately \u003ci\u003efrom \u003c\/i\u003ethe West. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Warner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803277288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803277281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2017","brand":"Mark Warner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44059752694015,"sku":"9780803277281","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3311e82b-7fb8-4827-a3e9-442e72618bca.jpg?v=1685060124","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/historical-archaeology-through-a-western-mark-warner-9780803277281","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}