'This volume is a significant contribution to global historical archaeologyis work brings forth a new perspective and opens up new possibilities. ' American Antiquity,67:1 (2002)

• The Future of the Ottoman Past.- From Archaeology to a “History from Below”.- Agriculture and Rural Settlement in Ottoman Crete, 1669–1898.- The Archaeology of Ottoman Ti’innik.- Dendrochronologically Dated Ottoman Monuments.- Entangled Objects from the Palestinian Past.- Toward an Archaeology of Non-Elite Consumption in Late Ottoman Anatolia.- Trade, Subsistence, and Ideology in the Ottoman Empire.- The Sadana Island Shipwreck.- Daily Life in the Shadow of Empire.- Transformations, Readings, and Visions of the Ottoman Mosque.- Prospects.- Sultans, Merchants, and Minorities.- Diverse Approaches to the Ottoman Past.