Archaeology has always been marked by its particular care,
obligation, and loyalty to things. While archaeologists may not
share similar perspectives or practices, they find common ground in
their concern for objects monumental and mundane. This book
considers the myriad ways that archaeologists engage with things in
order to craft stories, both big and small, concerning our
relations with materials and the nature of the past. Literally the
"science of old things", archaeology does not discover the past as
it was but must work with what remains. Such work involves the
tangible mediation of past and present, of people and their
cultural fabric, for things cannot be separated from society.
Things are us. This book does not set forth a sweeping new theory.
It does not seek to transform the discipline of archaeology.
Rather, it aims to understand precisely what archaeologists do and
to urge practitioners toward a renewed focus on and care for
things.
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