Critical Approaches to Fieldwork: Contemporary and Historical Archaeological Practice

This work takes as its starting point the role of fieldwork and how this has changed over the past 150 years. The author argues against progressive accounts of fieldwork and instead places it in its broader intellectual context to critically examine the relationship between theoretical paradigms and everyday archaeological practice.
In providing a much-needed historical and critical evaluation of current practice in archaeology, this book opens up a topic of debate which affects all archaeologists, whatever their particular interests.

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Critical Approaches to Fieldwork: Contemporary and Historical Archaeological Practice

This work takes as its starting point the role of fieldwork and how this has changed over the past 150 years. The author argues against progressive accounts of fieldwork and instead places it in its broader intellectual context to critically examine the relationship between theoretical paradigms and everyday archaeological practice.
In providing a much-needed historical and critical evaluation of current practice in archaeology, this book opens up a topic of debate which affects all archaeologists, whatever their particular interests.

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Critical Approaches to Fieldwork: Contemporary and Historical Archaeological Practice

Critical Approaches to Fieldwork: Contemporary and Historical Archaeological Practice

by Gavin Lucas
Critical Approaches to Fieldwork: Contemporary and Historical Archaeological Practice

Critical Approaches to Fieldwork: Contemporary and Historical Archaeological Practice

by Gavin Lucas

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This work takes as its starting point the role of fieldwork and how this has changed over the past 150 years. The author argues against progressive accounts of fieldwork and instead places it in its broader intellectual context to critically examine the relationship between theoretical paradigms and everyday archaeological practice.
In providing a much-needed historical and critical evaluation of current practice in archaeology, this book opens up a topic of debate which affects all archaeologists, whatever their particular interests.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781134564309
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 01/04/2002
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 256
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Gavin Lucas

Table of Contents

List of figures, List of tables, Acknowledgements, 1 Introduction: archaeology and the field, 2 Finding the past, 3 Splitting objects, 4 The measure of culture, 5 Eventful contexts, 6 Conclusion: material archaeologies, Notes, References, Index
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