Comparative Archaeologies

Ludomir Lozny is current managing editor of the journal Human Ecology, and an adjunct professor at Hunter College in the Department of Archaeology.

• Preface.-Introduction.- Archaeology in the age of globalization: local meanings, global culture.-Part I. Archaeology in Europe.- Toward a Historical Sociology of German Archaeology.- A Social History of Danish Archaeology.-Being Through The Past:Reflections on Swedish archaeology and heritage management.-Oscillations between the national and the international: The case of Finnish archaeology.- Contemporary Polish archaeology in global context.-Polish Archaeology in Retrospective.- Archaeology in a middle country.- A Panorama of Social Archaeology in Russia.-Dig up – Dig in: practice and theory in Hungarian archaeology.-Archaeologies in Souteast Europe.-Archaeology in the Near East (Israel).Part II. Archaeology in South America and the Caribbean Region.-Archaeology and Politics in Argentina: The Last Fifty Years.-How the ruins of an ancient city found close to Palenque were taught to talk the language of archaeology (Mesoamerica).-The Past and the Revolutionary Interpretation of the Present:Our Experience of Social Archaeology, 33 Years Later.-Peruvian Archaeology: Its Growth, Characteristics, Practice and Challenges.-The Agency of Academic Production in Colombian Archaeology.- Archaeology in Cuba and the Caribbean Islands.-Part III.-Archaeology in Asia and the Pacific.-Archaeology in Contemporary Japan.- Contemporary Archaeology as a Global Dialogue: Reflections from Southeast Asia Archaeology in Southeast Asia.-Pacific Islands Archaeology.-Part IV. Archaeology in Africa.-The Status of Archaeology and Anthropology in Southern Africa Today: Namibia As An Example.- Excavating the History of Archaeology in Malawi.- The Practice of Archaeology in Nigeria.- Afterward.