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Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting
We are excited to have a presence at the Society for American Archaeology annual meeting, April 17-21, 2024, in New Orleans, Louisiana. If you are attending in-person, please visit Berghahn booth #212 to browse new and recent books available at special conference prices, pick up free journal sample copies of Museum Worlds, and speak with our editor, Caryn Berg!
If you are unable to attend, we offer limited time special 35% discount on all Archaeology titles until May 5th, 2024: Use discount code SAA24 on print and eBooks orders placed through our website. In addition, browse through our Open Access journal MUSEUM WORLDS, scroll down for details.
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Featured titles
War Stories
Reading Plains Indian Biographic Rock Art
Keyser, J. D. & Kaiser, D. A.
These Were People Once
The Online Trade in Human Remains and Why It Matters
Huffer, D. & Graham, S.
The Spirit of Matter
Modernity, Religion, and the Power of Objects
Pels, P.
Practical Archaeogaming
Reinhard, A.
Poverty Archaeology
Architecture, Material Culture and the Workhouse under the New Poor Law
Newman, C. & Fennelly, K.
Modeling the Past
Archaeology, History, and Dynamic Networks
Terrell, J., Golitko, M., Dawson, H., and Kissel, M.
The Long Shore
Archaeologies and Social Histories of Californias Maritime Cultural Landscapes
Meniketti, M. (ed)
Innovation and Implementation
Critical Reflections on New Approaches to Historic Mortuary Data Collection, Analysis, and Dissemination
Mytum, H. & Veit, R. (eds)
Inclusion, Transformation, and Humility in North American Archaeology
Essays and Other “Great Stuff” Inspired by Kent G. Lightfoot
Mallios, S., Gonzalez, S. L., Grone, M., Hull, K. L., Nelson, P., & Siliman, S. W. (eds)
Iconicity of the Uto-Aztecans
Snake Anthropomorphy in the Great Basin, the American Southwest and Mesoamerica
Mukhopadhyay, T. P. & Garfinkel, A. P.
Culturing the Body
Past Perspectives on Identity and Sociality
Collins, B. & Nowell, A. (eds)
Agency and Archaeology of the French Maritime Empire
Gauthier-Bérubé, M. & Dempsey, A. (eds)
Advocacy and Archaeology
Urban Intersections
Britt, K. M. & George, D. F. (eds)
In Paperback
Identities and Place
Changing Labels and Intersectional Communities of LGBTQ and Two-Spirit People in the United States
Blurring Timescapes, Subverting Erasure
Remembering Ghosts on the Margins of History
Communities and Place
A Thematic Approach to the Histories of LGBTQ Communities in the United States
World Heritage Craze in China
Universal Discourse, National Culture, and Local Memory
Unlocking the Love-Lock
The History and Heritage of a Contemporary Custom
The Sound of Silence
Indigenous Perspectives on the Historical Archaeology of Colonialism
Public Engagement and Education
Developing and Fostering Stewardship for an Archaeological Future
Preservation and Place
Historic Preservation by and of LGBTQ Communities in the United States
The Man Who Invented Aztec Crystal Skulls
The Adventures of Eugène Boban
Magical House Protection
The Archaeology of Counter-Witchcraft
Invisible Founders
How Two Centuries of African American Families Transformed a Plantation into a College
Going Forward by Looking Back
Archaeological Perspectives on Socio-Ecological Crisis, Response, and Collapse
Cultural Resource Management
A Collaborative Primer for Archaeologists
Born a Slave, Died a Pioneer
Nathan Harrison and the Historical Archaeology of Legend
Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2023
Amnesia Remembered
Reverse Engineering a Digital Artifact
John Aycock
“Highly recommended. All readers” • Choice
“This is a fascinating exploration of a single digital artefact. It reminds the reader that digital ‘things’ are still physical – and from those physical fluctuations representing ones and zeros the book walks the reader through the process of reconstructing what the code actually was, what it did, why it did it, and why it matters.” • Shawn Graham, Carleton University
The Local History Publication Award
Taking Our Water for the City
The Archaeology of New York City’s Watershed Communities
April M. Beisaw
April M. Beisaw was honored with The Local History Publication Award by the Putman County Historian & Putman County Archives for her research and publication of TAKING OUR WATER FOR THE CITY: The Archaeology of New York City’s Watershed Communities.
“Beisaw takes the reader along with herself and her students as they walked over, through, and around the watershed communities of New York whose lands and livelihoods continue to be impacted by New York City’s ever-increasing need for water. The careful and example-filled work provides the best sorts of nuance about the ways that text, artifact, and oral history can be harnessed by archaeological practice to show the real stakes of our collective use of water, and how that world-sanctioned human right will be even further at risk as the oceans rise and our climate continues to change.” • Rebecca S. Graff, Lake Forest College
Books for Courses
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Call for Submissions
Digital Archaeology
Documenting the Anthropocene
The archaeology of the late 20th and 21st centuries supplements traditional landscapes, sites, and artifacts with those that are digital. People increasingly inhabit digital places, investing time and money into spaces accessed only through screens. People and corporations continue to create these digital built environments and their supporting, physical architecture at an astonishing rate for a rich diversity of purposes. This series aims to answer the questions of what the heritage of digital things and places looks like and how it can be understood archaeologically.
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MUSEUM WORLDS
Advances in Research
Editors: Sandra Dudley, University of Leicester and Conal McCarthy, Victoria University of Wellington
More infoBerghahn Books supports practical open access policies that help make scholarship available to a broader audience in a sustainable way. We have a growing number of Open Access texts (many offered in both ePub and .pdf format) available for direct download from our website. View the complete list of OA eBooks here.
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Happy International Archaeology Day!
Established in 2011 by the Archaeological Institute of America, International Archaeology Day is celebrated every third Saturday in October, commemorates the field of archaeology and its contributions to society. Local celebrations organized by the AIA and other institutions occur throughout the month of October. There are also many online activities associated with International Archaeology Day, […]
Celebrate National Coming Out Day with this great free-to-access content!
In honor of #ComingOutDay on October 11th, we present the following titles edited by Katherine Crawford-Lackey and Megan E. Springate that emphasize the history and preservation of two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer settings in the United States. In addition, Berghahn Journals is offering FREE access to relevant articles until October 18, 2023. Winner […]
Celebrating International Day for Monuments & Sites, also known as World Heritage Day!
Celebrated yearly on April 18th, the International Day for Monuments and Sites, also known as World Heritage Day, encourages local communities and individuals throughout the world to consider the importance of cultural heritage to their lives and to promote awareness of its diversity and vulnerability and the efforts required to protect and conserve it. For […]
What the Berghahn team recommends
We share what the Berghahn staff is currently reading and a scholarly reading from Berghahn Books we recommend.
EXCERPT: A History of The Love-Lock Custom
In the spirit of Saint Valentine’s Day, celebrated February 14th, we’re pleased to feature an excerpt from “Dating Love: A History of The Love-Lock Custom,” Chapter 1 of Unlocking the Love-Lock: The History and Heritage of a Contemporary Custom by Ceri Houlbrook. Questing for the origins of a contemporary folk custom is an often futile […]
Born a Slave, Died a Pioneer: Nathan Harrison and the Historical Archaeology of Legend
We’re pleased to present an excerpt from the introduction to Born a Slave, Died a Pioneer: Nathan Harrison and the Historical Archaeology of Legend by Seth Mallios. For a limited time, receive 25% off the paperback with code MAL308. Nathan Harrison, an African American born into slavery in Kentucky decades before the Civil War, endured […]
Celebrate Pride Month with free access to LGBTQ articles and chapters
In celebration of Pride Month in June, enjoy free access to the following articles and chapters from Berghahn. Berghahn Journals ASPASIA Secret Years: Hungarian Lesbian Herstory, 1950s–2000sAnna Borgos (Vol. 9) BOYHOOD STUDIES Boyz2Men: Male Migrants’ Attitudes to Homosexuality and What Age Has To Do with ItKatarzyna Wojnicka (Vol. 13, Issue 2) GERMAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY LGBTI Rights and the 2017 […]
Human Engagement with the Sea: A Shifting Discourse
Tanya J. King and Gary Robinson World Oceans Day (8 June) is a day for humanity to celebrate the ocean. In this spirit, we are delighted to feature an excerpt from the introduction to AT HOME ON THE WAVES: Human Habitation of the Sea from the Mesolithic to Today, edited by Tanya J. King and Gary […]
Book Preview: Making Scenes: Global Perspectives on Scenes in Rock Art
Did scenes in rock art create new ways of seeing the world? In the spirit of the SAA annual conference we are delighted to provide a book preview (along with striking images) of Iain Davidson and April Nowell’s title, MAKING SCENES: Global Perspectives on Scenes in Rock Art. MAKING SCENES: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON SCENES IN […]
Ceri Houlbrook: Love in the Time of Covid
Love-locking, the attachment of a padlock to a public structure, is the forte of the traveler. Although not exclusively a tourist custom, it is a popular practice for people visiting a new place and wanting to leave their mark on it. The love-lock has become the inverted souvenir: left behind rather than taken away, but […]