Inessential archaeologies
Problems of exclusion in Americanist archaeological thought
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3919772 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laurie A Wilkie (0000-0002-5785-1987, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 337-351 |
| Publication date | 2005-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00438240500168368 |
| OpenAlex | W1985868829 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 49 |
This paper will present an intellectual history of Americanist historical archaeology as it developed from the 1960s onwards within the context of processual archaeology and the resulting marginalization of studies of the recent past within Americanist archaeology. The paper will explore the intellectual problems and miss-steps caused by the artificial prehistory/history dichotomy prevalent in American archaeology. While many ‘prehistorians’ see historical archaeologies as inessential to their research, I will discuss contributions historical archaeology has made to the discipline, and the potential contributions of the sub-discipline more broadly to archaeological interpretation (or an archaeological historiography). Keywords: Historical archaeologyarchaeological historyinterpretationtheory Additional informationNotes on contributorsLaurie A WilkieLaurie A. Wilkie is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research focuses upon the intersections of materiality and identity in the recent past, with a particular attention to the African Diaspora
Aesthetics · Archaeological theory · Archaeology · Art · Conflict archaeology · Context (archaeology · Diaspora · Historical archaeology · Historiography · Identity (music · Interpretation (philosophy · Material culture · Materiality (auditing · Post-medieval archaeology · Prehistoric archaeology · Prehistory · Sociology · Anthropology · Archaeological Research and Protection · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Philosophy
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| Citations per year | 0.14 |
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| Highly cited | No |