List of Figures. Notes on Contributors. Part I: Knowledges:. 1. The "Social" in Archaeological Theory: An Historical and Contemporary Perspective: Ian Hodder (Standford University). 2. Cross-Cultural Comparison and Archaeological Theory: Bruce G. Trigger (McGill University). 3. Social Archaeology and Marxist Social Thought: Thomas C. Patterson (University of California, Riverside). 4. Embodied Subjectivity: Gender, Femininity, Masculinity, Sexuality: Rosemary A. Joyce (University of California, Berkeley). 5. Social Archaeology and Origins Research: A Paleolithic Perspective: Clive Gamble and Erica Gittins (Both at the University of Southampton). Part II: Identities:. 6. Archaeology and the Life Course: A Time and Age for Gender: Roberta Gilchrist (University of Reading). 7. The Past and Foreign Countries: Colonial and Post-Colonial Archaeology and Anthropology: Chris Gosden (Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford). 8. Material Culture: Current Problems: Victor Buchli (University College, London). 9. Ideology, Power, and Capitalism: The Historical Archaeology of Consumption: Paul R. Mullins (Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis). Part III: Places:. 10. Space, Spatiality, and Archaeology: Emma Blake (Stanford University). 11. Social Archaeologies of Landscape: Wendy Ashmore (University of California, Riverside). 12. Living and Working at Home: The Social Archaeology of Household Production and Social Relations: Julia A. Hendon (Gettysburg College). 13. Diaspora and Identity in Archaeology: Moving beyond the Black Atlantic: Ian Lilley (University of Queensland). Part IV: Politics:. 14. The Political Economy of Archaeological Practice and the Production of Heritage in the Middle East: Reinhard. Bernbeck and Susan Pollock (Both at: State University of New York, Binghamton). 15. Latin American Archaeology: From Colonialism To Globalization: Gustavo Politis (CONICET-UNCPBA, Argentina) and Jose Antonio Perez Gollan (CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina). 16. Contested Pasts: Archaeology and Native Americans: Randall H. McGuire (Binghamton University). 17. Identity, Modernity, and Archaeology: The Case of Japan: Koji Mizoguchi (Kyushu University, Japan). Index