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by eric — last modified April 21, 2009 05:24 PM

Below are "soft proofs" of the 2009 issue of Backdirt in PDF format. Please take the time to review the relevant file and make sure that your content is presented accurately and completely.

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Soft Proofs:

Institute News (click to get file)

Contents:

  1. Student News (Archaeology/Conservation)
  2. Creation of the UCLA Archaeology Field Program (Ran Boytner)
  3. Ancient Treasures in Modern Spaces: The New Acropolis Museum (Liz Klarich)
  4. Behind the Scenes Tour of Archaeology Collections (Liz Klarich)
  5. Conference on Soconusco Region (Richard Lesure)
  6. Annual Institute Open House (Helle Girey)
  7. Lloyd Cotsen Receives UCLA Medal (Shauna Mecartea)
  8. Christopher B. Donnan: A Treasure of the Cotsen Institute (Shauna Mecartea and Liz Klarich)
  9. Donnan Receives Trowel Award (Helle Girey)
  10. Graduate Student Travel Award Created in Honor of Longtime Volunteer (Elizabeth Klarich)
  11. Staff Achievements (Liz Klarich)
  12. Storage Symposium (Ellen Pearlstein)
  13. Field Notes


Profiles (click to get file)

Contents

  1. Kara Cooney Interview
  2. Li Min Interview
  3. Mike Harrower Interview
  4. Judy Porcasi Interview


Reflections on Research (click to get file)

 Contents

  1. Conference on Peoples of the Eastern Desert (Barnard)
  2. 2008 Season at Tarapaca, Chile (Boytner)
  3. 2008 Report of Jaffa Cultural Heritage Project (Burke)
  4. Pambamarca Field Program (Connell/Gifford)
  5. Grotta Scaloria with an International Cast (Elster)
  6. Archaeological Gerrymandering (Harrower)
  7. Icon Art in the Making (Kakoulli/Fischer)
  8. Pukara Archaeological Project (Klarich)
  9. Restoring a Native American Feather Blanket (Pearlstein)
  10. Lofkend After Excavation (Morris/Papadopoulos)
  11. Reconciling with the Past (Posnansky)
  12. Surveying the Archaeology of the Petrified Forest (Schachner)
  13. Behind the Scenes at the LA NHM (Wise)

 

Features (click to get file)

Contents

  1. A Monumental Task on Easter Island (Van Tilburg/Pakarati)
  2. Easter Island Photo Essay (Civalleri)
  3. Archaeology of the Confucian Landscape (Li)
  4. Exploring Opportunities (Klarich/Mecartea)
  5. Empires of Diversity (Areshian)
  6. Metal & Landscape (Lehner)

 

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The Construction of Value

Scholars from Aristotle to Marx and beyond have been fascinated by the question of what constitutes value. The Construction of Value in the Ancient World makes a significant contribution to this ongoing inquiry, bringing together in one comprehensive volume the perspectives of leading anthropologists, archaeologists, historians, linguists, philologists, and sociologists on how value was created, defined, and expressed in a number of ancient societies around the world. Based on the basic premise that value is a social construct defined by the cultural context in which it is situated, the volume explores four overarching but closely interrelated themes: place value, body value, object value, and number value. The questions raised and addressed are of central importance to archaeologists studying ancient civilizations: How can we understand the value that might have been accorded to materials, objects, people, places, and patterns of action by those who produced or used the things that compose the human material record? Taken as a whole, the contributions to this volume demonstrate how the concept of value lies at the intersection of individual and collective tastes, desires, sentiments, and attitudes that inform the ways people select, or give priority to, one thing over another.

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