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Chapter 1. The state of the field: Emerging approaches to the archaeology of agricultural landscapes 第 1 章.领域现状：农业景观考古的新方法

Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association Pub Date : 2024-08-19 DOI: 10.1111/apaa.12181

Jesse Casana, Madeleine McLeester

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Chapter 4. Locating field systems in the southern Peruvian Andes 第 4 章秘鲁安第斯山脉南部的田野系统定位

Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association Pub Date : 2024-08-19 DOI: 10.1111/apaa.12183

BrieAnna S. Langlie, David W. Mixter, Carlos Osores Mendives, John Wilson

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Chapter 2. Stone by stone: Women's quotidian farm labor and the construction of the Khutwaneng farmscape in Bokoni, South Africa 第 2 章一石一石：妇女的日常农场劳动与南非博科尼 Khutwaneng 农场景观的构建

Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association Pub Date : 2024-08-19 DOI: 10.1111/apaa.12191

Alex Schoeman

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Chapter 8. Isotopic evidence for protohistoric field locations in northeastern Illinois 第 8 章：伊利诺伊州东北部原史前田野位置的同位素证据伊利诺伊州东北部史前田野位置的同位素证据

Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association Pub Date : 2024-08-19 DOI: 10.1111/apaa.12187

Mark R. Schurr, Madeleine McLeester

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Finding Fields: The Archaeology of Agricultural Landscapes 寻找田野农业景观考古学

Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association Pub Date : 2024-08-19 DOI: 10.1111/apaa.12165

Madeleine McLeester and Jesse Casana, Guest Editors

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Chapter 6. Found field: Encountering a ridged garden bed archaeological site, Wing Reach, in Wisconsin, USA 第 6 章发现的田野：邂逅美国威斯康星州的山脊花坛考古遗址 Wing Reach

Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association Pub Date : 2024-08-19 DOI: 10.1111/apaa.12184

Madeleine McLeester, Jesse Casana, Peter Geraci, Alison Anastasio

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List of contributors 撰稿人名单

Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association Pub Date : 2024-08-19 DOI: 10.1111/apaa.12180

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Chapter 7. Mapping land use with integrated environmental archaeological datasets 第 7 章利用综合环境考古数据集绘制土地利用图利用综合环境考古数据集绘制土地利用图

Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association Pub Date : 2024-08-19 DOI: 10.1111/apaa.12185

John M. Marston, Petra Vaiglova

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Chapter 3. Cultivating problems and politics: Precarious fields and the social history of the Medieval Deccan, southern India 第 3 章.耕作问题与政治：岌岌可危的田地与印度南部中世纪德干的社会历史

Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association Pub Date : 2024-08-19 DOI: 10.1111/apaa.12182

Andrew M. Bauer

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Chapter 10. Intensification does not require modification: Tropical Swidden and the Maya 第 10 章.强化并不需要改造：热带斯维登和玛雅

Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association Pub Date : 2024-08-19 DOI: 10.1111/apaa.12188

Anabel Ford

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