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Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Ethnoarchaeology of buildings: Introductory notes on the global research landscape – María Pastor Quiles

Ethnoarchaeology of domestic buildings in Egypt: A tool for the knowledge of the past and the present – María Correas Amador

Unearthing the past: A comprehensive exploration of earthen architecture and ethnoarchaeology in the Egyptian Delta – Marta Lorenzon, Jay Silverstein, Robert J. Littman

How was an Iron Age oven built, used and maintained? Contributions from ethnoarchaeological observations in Al Hoceima area (Rif, Morocco) – Maria Carme Belarte; Maria Anguera; Marta Mateu; María Pastor Quiles

Huts within History: The building of domestic space among indigenous groups in the borderlands of Western Ethiopia – Álvaro Falquina Aparicio

Building traditions through time in the Mazatec Highlands (Mexico). Strategies for heritage valuation and traditional knowledge recovery – Florencia T. Azul U. Ramírez Rodríguez; Luis Fernando Guerrero Baca

Ethnoarchaeological study of pre-Hispanic and current granaries and the constructive forms of agricultural storage (cuexcomates) from the archaeological site of Xochitecatl-Cacaxtla, Tlaxcala, Mexico – Jesús Carlos Lazcano Arce

Evidence, characterisation and the use of orchid mucilage as an adhesive and binder in archaeological and earthen built heritage – Lilian García-Alonso Alba; Luis Fernando Guerrero Baca

‘Te voy a hacer una casa en el aire’. Ethnoarchaeology of indigenous houses in Amazonia – Stéphen Rostain

Multiscale details. Technological choices and gestures in the construction of earthen roofs in the high Andean area – Jorge Tomasi

Solid earth building in central Germany: projecting vernacular building techniques onto prehistoric finds and tracing their origins – Franziska Knoll

Ethnoarchaeological insights into Cantabrian architecture: raw materials, construction techniques and architectural traditions – Lucía Ruano Posada

Dynamic processes of abandonment: The ethnoarchaeology of buildings in Armutalan, Northwestern Anatolia – Stephan W.E. Blum; Jonas Abele; Murat Kaşıkcılar

Ethnoarchaeology of buildings as a method for understanding and valuing earthen building cultures – Louise Cooke

About the Author

María Pastor Quiles is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Alicante. She pursues the archaeological study of building materials, techniques and practices, being especially focused on earth construction and the uses of mud in prehistoric societies. She works to promote the valorisation of archaeological earthen remains and to integrate approaches like microscopic analysis, ethnoarchaeology and experimental archaeology to expand our knowledge about past building practices.