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Ontology, Ethnography, Archaeology

An Afterword on the Ontography of Things

Bibliographic Data

ID5837540
AuthorsMartin Holbraad (University College London, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume19
Issue3
Pages431-441
Publication date2009-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCambridge Archaeological Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0959-7743 • E-ISSN: 1474-0540
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0959774309000614
OpenAlexW2131773912
LanguageEN
Citations received70
References cited11

In commenting on the preceding articles of the Special Section, this afterword elaborates on the methodological and analytical implications for archaeology of the ontological alterity of animist phenomena. If such phenomena are challenging because they transgress the conceptual coordinates of archaeologists' habitual interpretive repertoires (mind vs matter, materiality vs culture, etc.), then what might archaeology's response to such challenges be, what might be distinctively archaeological about it, and how might it compare to related concerns among socio-cultural anthropologists and philosophers

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