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Elster and Colin Renfrew READ ONLY / NO DOWNLOAD LIGHT AND SHADOW Isolation and Interaction in the Shala Valley of Northern Albania Michael L. Galaty, Ols Lafe, Wayne E. Lee, and Zamir Tafilica Editors MONUMENTA ARCHAEOLOGICA 28 COTSEN INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY PRESS READ ONLY / NO DOWNLOAD THE COTSEN INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY PRESS is the publishing unit of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA. The Cotsen Institute is a premier research organization dedicated to the creation, dissemination, and conservation of archaeological knowledge and heritage. It is home to both the Interdepartmental Archaeology Graduate Program and the UCLA/Getty Master’s Program in the Conservation of Archaeological and Ethnographic Materials. The Cotsen Institute provides a forum for innovative faculty research, graduate education, and public programs at UCLA in an effort to positively impact the academic, local and global communities. 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Miller, New York Copy editing by Gillian Dickens Index by William Ragsdale On the Cover: Foreground, the last bajraktar of the Shala tribe surrenders his gun to representatives of the Albanian federal government, 1922. Pjetër Marubi, used by permission of the Fototeka Kombëtare Marubi, Shkodra, Albania. Background, the peaks of Shala. Ann Christine Eek. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Light and shadow : isolation and interaction in the Shala Valley of northern Albania / Michael L. Galaty, Ols Lafe, Wayne E. Lee, and Zamir Tafilica, editors. pages cm. -- (Monumenta archaeologica ; 28) Includes bibliographical references and index. 978-1-931745-71-0 (hardcover) 978-1-938770-91-3 (eBook) 1. Ethnology--Albania--Shala River Valley. 2. Human geography--Albania--Shala River Valley. 3. Mountain people--Albania--Shala River Valley. 4. Excavations (Archaeolo- gy)--Albania--Shala River Valley. 5. Shala River Valley (Albania)--Antiquities. 6. Shala River Valley (Albania)--Social life and customs. I. Galaty, Michael L., author, editor of compilation. II. Lafe, Ols, author, editor of compilation. III. Lee, Wayne E., 1965- author, editor of compilation. IV. Tafilica, Zamir, author, editor of compilation. DR996.S48L55 2013 949.65--dc23 2012048489 Printed in the United States of America Copyright © 2013. Regents of the University of California All rights reserved. READ ONLY / NO DOWNLOAD “A Chief of Thethi,” 1921, from the archives of the American Red Cross, Library of Congress Happiness comes from the skies. It comes from sunshine, and from light and shadow on the mountains, and from green things in the spring. It comes also from rest when one is tired, and from food when one is hungry, and from fire when one is cold. It comes from singing together, and from walking on hard trails and being harder than the rocks; and there is a kind of happiness that comes to a man in battle, but that is a different kind. Lulash, a chief of Theth in Shala, to Rose Wilder Lane in 1921 [1923:142] READ ONLY / NO DOWNLOAD Dedication “School Children at Thethi,” 1921, from the archives of the American Red Cross, Library of Congress To the people of Theth, past, present, and future. READ ONLY / NO DOWNLOAD CONTENTS Foreword .................................................................................................................................................................................................... XI Jack L. Davis Preface ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ XIII Michael L. Galaty, Ols Lafe, Wayne E. Lee, and Zamir Tafilica Acknowledgments ............................................................................................................................................................................. XV Consolidated List of Figure and Table Captions ..................................................................................................... XVII About the Editors ........................................................................................................................................................................... XXIII About the Contributors .............................................................................................................................................................. XXV CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................................................................1 Michael L. Galaty, Ols Lafe, Wayne E. Lee, and Zamir Tafilica Why Northern Albania? .................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Literature Review: Shala.................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Factors Affecting Incorporation and Persistence in Shala .......................................................................................10 Conclusion ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 16 CHAPTER TWO: PROJECT HISTORY AND METHODOLOGY ................................................................................ 17 Michael L. Galaty, Ols Lafe, Wayne E. Lee, and Zamir Tafilica Project History ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Project Goals and Methods ........................................................................................................................................................... 19 Indicators ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Conclusion ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 27 CHAPTER THREE: THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT ................................................................................................ 29 Michael L. Galaty Geography ................................................................................................................................................................................................