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Introduction: Tops of the World (TOW): The Dawn of a Concept

Introduction: Tops of the World (TOW): The Dawn of a Concept Hans Peter Blankholm, Juan Barceló, Jordi Estévez, and Bryan C. Hood It was at the 1998 Computer Applications in Archaeology (CAA) conference in Barcelona that we first met--Juan Barceló (the CAA organizer), Jordi Estévez, Assumpció Vila, and Hans Peter Blankholm. We did, of course, know of one another's work, but had never before had the opportunity to sit down and discuss topics of mutual interest-- the archaeology of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego and comparative Arctic, Subarctic, and Subantarctic prehistory. As it was, Assumpció, Jordi, and Juan had for more than a decade been actively involved in Tierra del Fuego's hunter-gatherer archaeology and had conducted several research projects and excavations in America's southernmost archipelago together with an Argentinean research team. The main aim of this ethno-archaeological research was to test and develop new theoretical and methodological approaches to hunter-gatherer archaeology. Hans Peter, working on northern Fennoscandian Subarctic hunter-gatherer archaeology, had also for some time been looking into the prospects of comparative analyses with similar areas in southern South America. During this first meeting, common points of view on a series of issues arose. We were really surprised about the similarities of the landscapes at both extremes of the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Arctic Anthropology University of Wisconsin Press

Introduction: Tops of the World (TOW): The Dawn of a Concept

Blankholm, Hans Peter.
Arctic Anthropology , Volume 46 (1-2) – Dec 25, 2009
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Hans Peter Blankholm, Juan Barceló, Jordi Estévez, and Bryan C. Hood It was at the 1998 Computer Applications in Archaeology (CAA) conference in Barcelona that we first met--Juan Barceló (the CAA organizer), Jordi Estévez, Assumpció Vila, and Hans Peter Blankholm. We did, of course, know of one another's work, but had never before had the opportunity to sit down and discuss topics of mutual interest-- the archaeology of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego and comparative Arctic, Subarctic, and Subantarctic prehistory. As it was, Assumpció, Jordi, and Juan had for more than a decade been actively involved in Tierra del Fuego's hunter-gatherer archaeology and had conducted several research projects and excavations in America's southernmost archipelago together with an Argentinean research team. The main aim of this ethno-archaeological research was to test and develop new theoretical and methodological approaches to hunter-gatherer archaeology. Hans Peter, working on northern Fennoscandian Subarctic hunter-gatherer archaeology, had also for some time been looking into the prospects of comparative analyses with similar areas in southern South America. During this first meeting, common points of view on a series of issues arose. We were really surprised about the similarities of the landscapes at both extremes of the

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