The importance of context has been extensively discussed in recent years. This volume attempts to address the fragmentation and misconceptions that have developed around context in archaeology, highlighting the common threads that link together varying contextual perspectives. The first part of the book examines the concept of archaeological context by offering a critical assessment of its 'historical' development. The second section presents a number of case studies, and the third section discusses the management of archaeological material. Finally, part four takes the discussion on context further, setting the content of the book in a wider perspective. Contents: Archaeological context as a unifying process (D Papaconstantinou); Ethnoarchaeology and contextual studies (C M Cameron); From animals and food in space to bones in context: social zooarchaeology of the Neolithic farming settlements (A Marciniak); Questioning spatial contexts: the contribution of lithic studies as analytical and interpretative bodies of data (K Skourtopoulou); The meaning of context for changing interpretations of the Cypriot Aceramic Neolithic (C McCartney); Material culture and the value of context: a case study from Marki, Cyprus (J M Webb); Potted histories: towards an understanding of potsherds and their contexts (J Last); Counting sherds at Neopalatial Petras, Siteia, east Crete (M Tsipopoulou); Hypothetical approaches and realities: research strategies in defining space and context (M Ozdogan); Reconstructions: materialized narratives (K Vouzaxakis); Archaeology as the investigation of the contexts of humanity (J C Barrett).
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