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Archaeology and its Discontents examines the state of archaeology
today and its development throughout the twentieth century, making
a powerful case for new approaches. Surveying the themes of
twentieth-century archaeological theory, Barrett looks at their
successes, limitations, and failures. Seeing more failures and
limitations than successes, he argues that archaeology has
over-focused on explaining the human construction of material
variability and should instead be more concerned with understanding
how human diversity has been constructed. Archaeology matters, he
argues, precisely because of the insights it can offer into the
development of human diversity. The analysis and argument are
illustrated throughout by reference to the development of the
European Neolithic. Arguing both for new approaches and for the
importance of archaeology as a discipline, Archaeology and its
Discontents is for archaeologists at all levels, from student to
professor and trainee to experienced practitioner.
Archaeology and its Discontents examines the state of archaeology
today and its development throughout the twentieth century, making
a powerful case for new approaches. Surveying the themes of
twentieth-century archaeological theory, Barrett looks at their
successes, limitations, and failures. Seeing more failures and
limitations than successes, he argues that archaeology has
over-focused on explaining the human construction of material
variability and should instead be more concerned with understanding
how human diversity has been constructed. Archaeology matters, he
argues, precisely because of the insights it can offer into the
development of human diversity. The analysis and argument are
illustrated throughout by reference to the development of the
European Neolithic. Arguing both for new approaches and for the
importance of archaeology as a discipline, Archaeology and its
Discontents is for archaeologists at all levels, from student to
professor and trainee to experienced practitioner.
Food and drink, along with the material culture involved in their
consumption, can signify a variety of social distinctions,
identities and values. Thus, in Early Minoan Knossos, tableware was
used to emphasize the difference between the host and the guests,
and at Mycenaean Pylos the status of banqueters was declared as
much by the places assigned to them as by the quality of the
vessles form which they ate and drank. The ten contributions to
this volume highlight the extraordinary opportunity for
multi-disciplinary research in this area. (Sheffield Studies in
Aegean Archaeology 5, Oxbow Books 2005)
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