French historical and contemporary archaeology

A Critical Assessment

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3357445
AutoresElias Michaut (0000-0003-0974-1107, Museum of London Archaeology, autor correspondente)
Ano2024
Volume98
Fascículo398
Páginas535-546
Data de publicação2024-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAntiquity (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744
EditoraAntiquity Publications (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.15184/aqy.2024.25
OpenAlexW4392106839
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas48

Modern and contemporary archaeology, the French equivalent of historical archaeology, emerged in the 1970s. Subsequent attempts at theorising this sub-discipline have been hindered by a lack of broad professional recognition and funding. While the archaeology of the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries is now more widely recognised in France, studies of the post-nineteenth-century period remain limited to a few specific contexts. Here, the author offers an overview for the Anglophone readers of modern and contemporary archaeology in France and argues that greater theorisation, cross-fertilisation with other archaeological traditions and a diversification of the range of themes considered might enhance recognition of this sub-discipline within and beyond France

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