Archaeological Theory: Who Sets the Agenda? (New Directions in Archaeology) - Hardcover

9780521440141: Archaeological Theory: Who Sets the Agenda? (New Directions in Archaeology)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521440149 ISBN 13: 9780521440141

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1993

Since the l960s, archaeology has become increasingly taught in universities and practiced on a growing scale by national and local heritage agencies throughout the world. This book addresses the criticisms of postmodernist writers about archaeology's social role, and asserts its intellectual importance and achievements in discovering real facts about the human past. It looks forward to the creation of a truly global consciousness of the origins of human societies and civilizations.

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Book Description:

Archaeology has become more taught and practised throughout the world since the 1960s. This book addresses the criticisms of post-modernist writers about its social role by asserting its intellectual importance in discovering real facts about the origins of human societies and civilizations.

Review:

'I recommend this provocative volume, in which I found much to think about, not least Sherratt's plea that archaeologists - not the media, tour managers or politicians - should be the ones who set the agenda.' Nick Saunders, New Scientist

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