The dialectic between global and local perspectives in archaeological theory, heritage and publications

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ID2131014
AutoresKristian Kristiansen (0000-0003-2423-308X, autor correspondente)
Ano2008
Volume15
Fascículo1
Páginas56-69
Data de publicação2008-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoArchaeological Dialogues (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1380-2038 • E-ISSN: 1478-2294
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1380203808002523
OpenAlexW2097021443
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas65

When I agreed to present the article as a vehicle for discussion at a session at the EAA's annual meeting in Zadar, Croatia, I decided to approach the question of a European archaeology from what I considered to be the three organizing pillars of archaeological practice: heritage, theory and publications. Heritage is the dominant organizational/legislative framework for archaeological practice, and it is where most of the money is spent. Theory, on the other hand, organizes most of our interpretations of the past, while publications are still the most common way of presenting the results of both heritage work (mostly excavations) and interpretations of that work. In this way I hoped to have encircled the dominant parameters for a diagnosis of the archaeological landscapes in Europe. I assumed that there might be some correlation between the three, and that such observed common trends within two or more variables would strengthen the argument, to paraphrase processual jargon

Archaeological theory · Archaeology · Cultural heritage · Cultural heritage management · Dialectic · Epistemology · Excavation · Jargon · Linguistics · Paraphrase · Sociology · Archaeological Research and Protection · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · History · Museums and Cultural Heritage · Philosophy