Problems, functions and conditions of archaeological knowledge

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ID2405150
AutoresFelipe Criado Boado (0000-0003-4235-706X, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, autor de correspondencia)
Año2001
Volumen1
Número1
Páginas126-146
Fecha de publicación2001-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Social Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1469-6053 • E-ISSN: 1741-2951
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/146960530100100109
OpenAlexW2068693739
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas36

This article deals with some of the critical issues and problems facing archaeological theory and practice in a postpositivist world. It tries to explore a third way between objectivist and subjectivist methodological alternatives. In particular reviewing the concept and practice of interpretation as being the only way of obtaining understanding from the archeaological record. Avoiding neo-empirical reactions as much as individualistic or hypersubjectivist standpoints, this article highlights the possibility (and problems) of interpretation as a positive practice, exploring a methodology that could allow archaeology to construct an intersubjective understanding of material meaning

Archaeology · Construct (python library · Epistemology · Individualism · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Meaning (existential · Objectivism · Political science · Sociology · Subjectivism · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Computer Science · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · History · Law · Philosophy

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