In Zeiten zunehmender Krisen und Konflikte möchte diese Studie Orte der Demokratiegeschichte und Momente der Hoffnung auf eine alternative Zukunft aufzeigen. Die Republik Freies Wendland, ein im Mai 1980 von Landwirt*innen und Anwohner*innen in Niedersachsen bei Gorleben gegründetes Protestdorf, wird archäologisch untersucht, um seine Bedeutung über den bloßen Widerstand gegen ein Atommüllendlager hinaus zu verstehen. Das Dorf diente als Ort präfigurativer Politik und als Demonstration...

The modern discipline of archaeology developed in tandem with the expansion of European imperialism in the 19th and 20th centuries. Cyprus, ruled by Britain between 1878 and 1960, is a fascinating example of how archaeology was practiced and developed in a specific colonial context. This volume explores the mechanisms, the institutions and the characters who contributed to the development of Cypriot archaeology, often within a fraught political environment.

The 23 papers in this volume addre...

This volume collects papers on the pre-Corded Ware horizon in central Europe and adjacent areas (i.e. from c. 3500 – 2800 BC). This phase is very patchily researched, partly also because certain kinds of evidence, notably domestic architecture and burials, are rare or absent in many regions. This has occasionally been interpreted as signs of a major crisis and population bottleneck, which in turn facilitated the migration of new populations from the steppe, bringing with them amongst others...