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.
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A fresh and invigorating contribution to the emergence of a philosophically and culturally informed archaeology, which challenges the disciplinary practices of both traditional and `new' archaeology.
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
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`I enjoyed this book and would recommend it to all archaeologists.' - Australian Archaeology

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781138146044
Publisert
2016-04-21
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
453 gr
Høyde
246 mm
Bredde
174 mm
Aldersnivå
U, G, 05, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
312

Biographical note

Christopher Tilley, Michael Shanks