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ISBN 978-1-61132-341-2 (cloth).<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><em>Ruin Memories: Materials, Aesthetics and the Archaeology of the Recent Past<\/em>, edited by Bj&oslash;rnar Olsen and &THORN;&oacute;ra P&eacute;tursd&oacute;ttir (Archaeological Orientations). Pp. xviii + 492, figs. 173. Routledge, New York 2014. $205. ISBN 978-0-415-52362-2 (cloth).<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><em>The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of the Contemporary World<\/em>, by Paul Graves-Brown, Rodney Harrison, and Angela Piccini (Oxford Handbooks in Archaeology). Pp. 864, figs. 140. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2013. $195. ISBN 978-0-19-960200-1 (cloth).<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><em>Archaeology in the Making: Conversations Through a Discipline<\/em>, edited by William L. Rathje, Michael Shanks, and Christopher Witmore. Pp. xii + 436, figs. 28. Routledge, London, and New York 2013. $220. ISBN 978-0-415-634809 (cloth).<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><em>The Emergent Past: A Relational Realist Archaeology of Early Bronze Age Mortuary Practices<\/em>, by Chris Fowler. Pp. xii + 333, figs. 24, charts 6, tables 25, maps 14. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2013. $135. ISBN 978-0-19-965637-0 (cloth).<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reviewed Works Archaeology Beyond Postmodernity: A Science of the Social, by Andrew M. Martin (Archaeology in Society Series). Pp. x + 247, figs. 6, table 1. AltaMira Press, Lanham, Md. 2013. $85. ISBN 978-0-7591-2357-1 (cloth). &nbsp; Archaeology After Interpretation: Returning Materials to Archaeological Theory, edited by Benjamin Alberti, Andrew Meirion Jones, and Joshua Pollard. Pp. 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