Re-constructing Archaeology: Theory and Practice

by Michael Shanks, Christopher Tilley

Overview

InRe-Constructing Archaeology, Shanks and Tilley aim to challenge the disciplinary practices of both traditional and the 'new' archaeology and to present a radical alternative - a critically self-consious archaeology aware of itself as pracitce in the present, and equally a social archaeology that appreciates artefacts not merely as ovjects of analysis but as part of a social world of past and present that is charged with meaning. It is a fresh and invigorating contribution to the emergence of a philosophically and politically informed archaeology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134886098
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/17/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	312
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Christopher Tilley, Michael Shanks

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1: Issues in archaeological theory and practice: critique and development; 1: The present past; 2: Positivism and the ‘new archaeology'; 3: Facts and values in archaeology; 4: Presenting the past: towards a redemptive aesthetic for the museum; 2: Perspectives for a social archaeology; 5: Hermeneutics, dialectics and archaeology; 6: Social archaeology: the object of study; 3: Material culture and social practices; 7: Style and Ideology; 8: Social values, social constraints and material culture: the design of contemporary beer cans; 4: Conclusions; 9: Archaeological theory and practice today

Editorial Reviews

‘I enjoyed this book and would recommend it to all archaeologists.' - Australian Archaeology

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