The interpretation of depositions in pits. Is it time for the pendulum to swing back
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2131117 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Åsa Berggren (0000-0003-4516-7333, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 116-120 |
| Publication date | 2012-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archaeological Dialogues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1380-2038 • E-ISSN: 1478-2294 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1380203812000153 |
| OpenAlex | W1988726172 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Richard Bradley was critical of the hesitation he saw in British archaeology towards the use of the interpretive category 'votive deposit'. The artefacts were instead interpreted in practical terms, as lost things or hidden treasures. This was published in 1990 in The passage of arms. Since then, or - as Garrow shows - since the mid-1980s, much has happened. Garrow has reacted against what he calls the hyperinterpretive turn in archaeology, where almost every patterning of material culture is regarded as intentional and symbolic. Instead, or as a complement, he wants to see a more developed discussion about material culture patterning as a result of everyday practices that just happen, without an attached symbolic meaning, but still varied and variable. So, is it time for the pendulum to swing back
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Epistemology · Linguistics · Pendulum · Swing · Visual arts · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Engineering · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2020 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |