Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-234) and index.

List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- 1. Introduction: understanding everyday life. Part 1. Theory and method in everyday life -- 2. Social theory and everyday life -- 3. Archaeology and everyday life -- 4. Methods for a critical archaeology of everyday life. Part II. Everyday life at Chan. 5. Situating Chan -- 6. Everyday life at Chan -- 7. Why everyday life at Chan matters -- 8. Conclusion: everyday life matters -- Notes -- References -- Index.

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While the study of ancient civilizations has often focused on holy temples and royal tombs, a substantial part of the archaeological record remains hidden in the understudied day-to-day lives of artisans, farmers, hunters, and other ordinary people of the ancient world. The various chores of a person's daily life can be quite extraordinary and, even though they may seem trivial, such activities can have a powerful effect on society as a whole. Everyday Life Matters develops general methods and theories for studying everyday life applicable in archaeology and anthropology.

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