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Global post-medieval/historical archaeology: what’s happening around the world 2018?
(Taylor & Francis, 2018) Biginagwa, Thomas J.; Eric, Tourigny
This collection of papers represents our second series highlighting the state of post medieval archaeology in non-English speaking parts of the world. Our first edition explored how post medieval/historical archaeology was experienced by archaeologists working in Finland, Spain and the island of Borneo. This year we investigate how our discipline operates in three other parts of the globe: Venezuela, Tanzania and Iran. The purpose of this series is to expand the annual review issue of Post-Medieval Archaeology by presenting our readership with a brief summary of how post-medieval archaeology is practiced in parts of the world they may not be familiar with. Archaeologists working in these areas are asked to summarise how post-medieval/historical archaeology is conducted and perceived by local governments, the public and even other archaeologists while identifying existing government and/or other institutional supports available to them. They are asked to describe the benefits and challenges related to conducting research in these countries. Common themes that became apparent in our first issue persist in this one. This includes the challenge of getting regulating authorities and other archaeologists to recognize the value of archaeology of the recent past and issues related to how we define post-medieval/historical archaeology.