The running sands of time

Archaeology and the Short-Term

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3918874
AutoresLin Foxhall (autor correspondente)
Ano2000
Volume31
Fascículo3
Páginas484-498
Data de publicação2000-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoWorld Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00438240009696934
OpenAlexW2064811965
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas54
Referências citadas11

Social archaeology encounters a fundamental theoretical dilemma. The dynamic flow of social life is speedy. As the study of the past has increasingly shifted away from the elites, towards unravelling the ordinary patterns of everyday living, we are increasingly forced to confront the short-term time scales of lived reality. The aim of this paper is to address the gap between the short-term time scales of lived life and the traditional interpretation of ‘the archaeological record'. Time scales for the generation of archaeological data for three historical Greek contexts will be examined: sanctuary sites, permanent structures in rural landscapes and houses. The short-term patterns which led to the formation of these archaeological settings will be contrasted with the long-term patterns which archaeologists have frequently perceived. In conclusion I will outline interpretative strategies by which we might access the past in terms of the temporal processes through which archaeological contexts have originated

Archaeological record · Archaeology · Dilemma · Epistemology · Everyday life · Historical archaeology · Interpretation (philosophy · Lived experience · Term (time · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Computer Science · History · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Psychology