Critical Traditions in Contemporary Archaeology: Essays in the Philosophy, History and Socio-Politics of Archaeology. Valerie Pinsky , Alison Wylie

1992 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 701-703
Author(s):  
Linda E. Patrik
Keyword(s):  
Contemporary Archaeology ◽  
Politics Of Archaeology

Critical Traditions in Contemporary Archaeology: Essays in the Philosophy, History and Socio-Politics of Archaeology

Man ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 409
Author(s):  
Barbara Bender ◽  
Valerie Pinsky ◽  
Alison Wylie
Keyword(s):  
Contemporary Archaeology ◽  
Politics Of Archaeology

The Inherited Past of the Broch: On Antiquarian Discourse and Contemporary Archaeology

2002 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDREW BAINES
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Academic Language ◽  
Contemporary Archaeology ◽  
The North

In reading archaeological texts, we expect to be engaged in a characteristically archaeological discourse, with a specific and recognisable structure and vocabulary. In evaluating the published work of 19th Century antiquarians, we will inevitably look for points of contact between their academic language and our own; success or failure in the identification of such points of contact may prompt us to recognise a nascent archaeology in some writings, while dismissing others as naïve or absurd. With this point in mind, this paper discusses the written and material legacies of three 19th Century antiquarians in the north of Scotland who worked on a particular monument type, the broch. The paper explores the degree to which each has been admitted as an influence on the development of the broch as a type. It then proceeds to compare this established typology with the author's experiences, in the field, of the sites it describes. In doing so, the paper addresses wider issues concerning the role of earlier forms of archaeological discourse in the development of present day archaeological classifications of, and of the problems of reconciling such classifications with our experiences of material culture.

Excising culture history from contemporary archaeology

2020 ◽  
Vol 60 ◽  
pp. 101230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary M. Feinman ◽  
Jill E. Neitzel
Keyword(s):  
Contemporary Archaeology ◽  
Culture History
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