Not to pile on -- the chapter titles look interesting -- but for $179.00 I
expect a well translated and decently copy edited book. Click on the "Free
Preview" in the link Barb Voss provided and cringe at the first sentence
and the second paragraph. I could not continue reading.

Bill Green


>
> Date:    Wed, 10 Dec 2014 23:32:36 -0500
> From:    "Timothy K. Perttula" <
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> Subject: Re: new publication: Archaeology of Culture Contact and
> Colonialism of Spanish and Portuguese America
>
>  At $179.00 for a moderately-sized book, saying it is pricy is a bit of an
> understatement. Too bad Springer can't put out a book that the
> archeological community can afford.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barbara Voss &lt;[log in to unmask]&gt;
> To: HISTARCH &lt;[log in to unmask]&gt;
> Sent: Wed, Dec 10, 2014 8:03 pm
> Subject: new publication: Archaeology of Culture Contact and Colonialism
> of Spanish and Portuguese America
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>
> Hi everyone,
>
>
>
> Pedro Funari and Maria Ximena Senatore have a great new book out that may
> be
> of interest to some of you: Archaeology of Culture Contact and Colonialism
> of Spanish and Portuguese America
>
>
>
>
> http://www.springer.com/social+sciences/anthropology+%26+archaeology/book/97
> 8-3-319-08068-0
>
>
>
> Full disclosure: I wrote the end-of-book commentary, so I got to have an
> early read of the manuscript while it was still in production.  It's really
> an impressive collection with a great variety of important case studies
> from
> throughout the Americas and Iberia.
>
>
>
> Like all Springer books, it's pricey, so you might want to ask your library
> to get a copy.
>
>
>
> --Barb
>
>
>
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> End of HISTARCH Digest - 9 Dec 2014 to 10 Dec 2014 (#2014-232)
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