Between Dirt and Discussion: Methods, Methodology and Interpretation in Historical Archaeology

Edited by Steven N. Archer and Kevin Bartoy

ISBN 10: 0387342184 / ISBN 13: 9780387342184

Editore: Springer, 2006

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• Titolo: Between Dirt and Discussion: Methods, Methodology and Interpretation in Historical Archaeology
• Editore: Springer
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0387342184
• ISBN 13: 9780387342184
• Rilegatura: hardcover
• Edizione: Reprint .
• Condizione: Very Good
• Peso: 18 once
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  • ARCHAEOLOGY

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Interpretations of the past are under constant critical scrutiny in archaeology. Interpretation often ends at the lectern, but it has many beginnings within the traditional archaeological process.

Exploring how data is generated and interpreted by historical archaeologists, it is at the intersection of "dirt and discussion".

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Interpretations of the past are under constant critical scrutiny in archaeology. In recent decades, theoretical views have profoundly changed the conceptions of both "the past" and archaeologists' relationship to this object of study. However, our basic excavation and analytical methods have undergone little critical re-evaluation. Often archaeological discussions begin as if "data" were already established, independent of the research designs and analytical choices that produce them. Interpretation often ends at the lectern, but it has many beginnings within the traditional archaeological process.

Exploring how data is generated and interpreted by historical archaeologists, it is at the intersection of "dirt and discussion". The cases presented in this volume revisit old methods and previous scholarly approaches with new perspectives, along with incorporating the newest technologies available to understanding the past. Rethinking the classics and engaging with new modes of data creation also generate fresh theoretical approaches.

Using their own work as examples, the contributors explore the connections between methodology and interpretation. Between Dirt and Discussion advocates recentering the materials that make archaeology archaeology, in the hopes of reinvigorating dialogues about the historic past, and archaeological contributions to its understanding.