Shaping Global History Narratives of the Southern Levant: Lessons Learned from Tall Hisban and the Madaba Plains Region in Jordan

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This is an abstract from the "World-Systems and Globalization in Archaeology: Assessing Models of Intersocietal Connections 50 Years since Wallerstein’s “The Modern World-System”" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Southern Levant region is critical to our understanding of the nature of globalization and connectivity in prehistoric as well as historical era contexts. This presentation will explore the challenges in shaping WST and global history narratives of the past that bridge micro (local) and macro (global) perspectives. Drawing on his experience working at Tall Hisban and the Madaba Plains Region in Jordan, the author will share lessons learned in his quest to situate the long-term history of this particular historical site on a global canvas. Examples of approaches to bridging micro-macro-perspectives will be illustrated with reference to various methodological and interpretive lenses, such as zooarchaeology, food systems, environmental studies, connectivity, Great and Little Traditions, and the concepts of the Great Acceleration and Anthropocene. Ultimately, the author argues for the relevance of archaeology in not only advancing WST and global history but also understanding the accumulative impact of the human eco-engineering activities that have led to the planet's current climate crisis. The presentation aligns with themes discussed in the publication "Levantine Entanglements: Cultural Productions, Long-Term Changes, and Globalizations in the Eastern Mediterranean" (2021).

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• World-Systems and Globalization in Archaeology: Assessing Models of Intersocietal Connections 50 Years since Wallerstein’s “The Modern World-System”   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 38822.0