Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
15.07.2023
Abbildungen
B/w and colour
Herausgeber
Courtney Nimura + weitereVerlag
Oxbow BooksSeitenzahl
280
Maße (L/B/H)
28.5/21.6/2.3 cm
Gewicht
1247 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-78925-932-2
Relational perspectives in archaeology illuminate how artifacts and practices evolve through design, interpretation, and collaboration across regions, reinvigorating traditional material study for researchers and students.
Archaeology in the past century has seen a major shift from theoretical frameworks that treat the remains of past societies as static snapshots of particular moments in time to interpretations that prioritise change and variability. Though established analytical concepts, such as typology, remain key parts of the archaeologist's investigative toolkit, data-gathering strategies and interpretative frameworks have become infused progressively with the concept that archaeology is living, in the sense of both the objects of study and the discipline as a whole. The significance for the field is that researchers across the world are integrating ideas informed by relational epistemologies and mutually constructive ontologies into their work from the initial stage of project design all the way down to post-excavation interpretation.
This volume showcases examples of such work, highlighting the utility of these ideas to exploring material both old and new. The illuminating research and novel explanations presented contribute to resolving long-standing problems in regional archaeologies across Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and Oceania. In this way, this volume reinvigorates approaches taken towards older material but also acts as a springboard for future innovative discussions of theory in archaeology and related disciplines.
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