Featured Books
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100 Years of Archaeology at the University of Michigan: Essays on the past, present, and future of the discipline
Anthropological Papers, Brian Stewart, Featured, Henry T. Wright, John M. O’Shea, Michael L. Galaty, North America
In 2022, to celebrate a century of existence, the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology (UMMAA) hosted an international conference to explore possibilities for a middle way: an archaeology for the next 100 years, combining humanistic and scientific approaches, which allows for both agents and systems, description and explanation, science and heritage. This volume…
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Gheo-Shih: An Archaic Macroband Camp in the Valley of Oaxaca
Gheo-Shih, an Archaic site in the Valley of Oaxaca, was a 1.5 hectare open-air macroband camp near the Mitla River. It was repeatedly occupied in the summer rainy season during the period (cal.) 7500–4000 BC, possibly by 25–50 people. At other times of the year the local population dispersed in smaller, family-sized groups, occupying microband…
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The Burials of Cerro Azul, Peru
Joyce Marcus directed excavations at the site of Cerro Azul in Peru’s Cañete Valley. In two previous volumes she reported on (1) a fish storage facility and the architecture, ceramics, and brewery in an elite residential compound, and (2) the inner workings of the coastal economic system. In the course of her fieldwork, Marcus came…
Welcome to UMMAA Press
Since 1932, the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology (formerly the Museum of Anthropology) has been publishing academic books that feature excellent scholarship, meticulous research, and innovative interpretation. We continue this tradition today, publishing data-rich monographs on the archaeology and ethnology of North America, Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Europe. Our comprehensive books include numerous illustrations, photographs, tables, and charts. They are priceless records of archaeological data, relevant to current and future research.
Warning: Some of our publications do contain images of human remains. We provide this warning for those individuals who do not wish to see photographs of human burials and human skeletal remains. In particular, this warning is posted out of respect for members of descendant communities who do not want to view images of their deceased ancestors.
As a museum and as scholars and authors, we are in the process of changing how we do research on human remains and how we present the results of that research. We thank the Native Americans who have worked with us over the years to institute these changes and who continue to collaborate with us, via the NAGPRA process, to bring their Ancestors home.
We present the research in these books in the spirit of that collaboration.
If you have concerns or questions about this warning or the contents of this book, please contact the director of the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology.
New Book
100 Years of Archaeology at the University of Michigan: Essays on the past, present, and future of the discipline
Edited by Brian A. Stewart, Robin A. Beck, Tiffany C. Fryer, Michael L. Galaty, Raven Garvey, Hannah Hoover, John O’Shea, and Alicia Ventresca-Miller
The University of Michigan has been at the forefront of archaeological research for more than 100 years—since 1922, when the Museum of Anthropology (now the Museum of Anthropological Archaeology) was established on the Ann Arbor campus. The goal of its curators for many decades was to create a research and teaching program that emphasized methodological rigor in the analysis of archaeological materials, attempting to solve grand questions about human behavior through fieldwork, collections, and laboratory work.
In 2022, to celebrate a century of existence, the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology (UMMAA) hosted an international conference to explore possibilities for a middle way: an archaeology for the next 100 years, combining humanistic and scientific approaches, which allows for both agents and systems, description and explanation, science and heritage. This volume is meant to be a snapshot of that conference and this moment in the development of the discipline. Included are most of the papers and posters presented, as well as photographs of the panels and the proceedings.
NOTE: This book is open access (free to read and download). See the links below.
Order from the University of Michigan Press.
Publisher: University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
Year of Publication: 2025
Monograph Series / Number: Anthropological Papers No. 101
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Pages: 512
Images: 90 color illustrations
Price: $45 (print), open access (Fulcrum.org, ebook)
- Print ISBN: 978-1-951538-79-8
- Ebook ISBN: 978-1-951538-80-4
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