AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST THE YEAR IN REVIEW Archaeology Archaeologies of the Past and in the Present in 2014: Materialities of Human History Christopher T. Morehart ABSTRACT Research from the past year demonstrates archaeologists’ diverse contributions to the anthropological study of human experience and social relationships in time and space. I divide literature published from late 2013 to late 2014 into five themes. First, archaeological research on space focuses on the persistence and materiality of landscapes, the creation and dynamics of communities and cities, and the mobility and migration of people. Second, studies of climate change and environmental interaction stress that organizational relationships and their long-term legacies are fundamental to ecological sustainability. Third, archaeologists offer anthropology the ability to contextualize the causes and the manifestations of violence and conflict through longitudinal cases studies and material analysis. Fourth, work on objects, bodies, and identity emphasizes that social subjectivities are not only variable but are historically connected to material worlds. Finally, fifth, archaeologists engaged with the present offer critical understandings of heritage policies and promote an activism that seeks more ethical practices with descen- dent communities and within the discipline itself. Despite differences, the recent literature reveals archaeologists’ contributions to these significant anthropological topics by studying long-term, historical legacies and the materiality of human relationships. [archaeology, anthropology, materiality, history, year in review] RESUMEN Investigaci ´ on del a˜ no pasado demuestra contribuciones diversas de los arque ´ ologos al estudio antropol ´ ogico de la experiencias humana y las relaciones sociales en tiempo y espacio. Divido la literatura pub- licada desde finales del 2013 a finales del 2014 en cinco temas. Primero, la investigaci ´ on arqueol ´ ogica sobre espacio se enfoca en la persistencia y materialidad de los paisajes, la creaci ´ on y din ´ amica de comunidades y ciudades, y la movilidad y migraci ´ on de personas. Segundo, estudios de cambio clim ´ atico e interacci ´ on ambiental enfatizan que las relaciones organizacionales y sus legados de largo plazo son fundamentales para la sostenibilidad ecol ´ ogica. Tercero, arque ´ ologos le ofrecen a la antropolog´ ıa la habilidad de contextualizar las causas y las manifestaciones de la violencia y el conflicto a trav ´ es de estudios de caso longitudinales y an ´ alisis material. Cuarto, trabajos sobre objetos, cuerpos, e identidad enfatizan que las subjetividades sociales no son solamente variables, sino que est ´ an hist ´ oricamente conectadas a los mundos materiales. Finalmente, quinto, arque ´ ologos comprometidos con el pre- sente ofrecen entendimientos cr´ ıticos de las pol´ ıticas hereditarias y promueven un activismo que busca pr ´ acticas m´ as ´ eticas con comunidades de descendientes y dentro de la disciplina en s´ ı misma. A pesar de las diferencias, la reciente literatura revela las contribuciones de los arque ´ ologos a estos temas antropol ´ ogicos significativos al estudiar legados hist ´ oricos de largo plazo y la materialidad de las relaciones humanas. [arqueolog´ ıa, antropolog´ ıa, materialidad, historia, a ˜ no en revisi ´ on] AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST, Vol. 117, No. 2, pp. 329–344, ISSN 0002-7294, online ISSN 1548-1433. C  2015 by the American Anthropological Association. All rights reserved. DOI: 10.1111/aman.12249