Archaeometry and materiality: materials based analysis in theory and practice
Jones, A. (2004) Archaeometry and materiality: materials based analysis in theory and practice. Archaeometry, 46, (3), 327-338. (doi:10.1111/j.1475-4754.2004.00161.x).
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Due to the diversity of contemporary archaeology, the aims and approaches of archaeological scientists and archaeological theorists are often at odds. I suggest that this position is problematic, both intellectually and methodologically, as both groups are fundamentally engaged in the same task: an understanding of past societies through the medium of material culture.
This paper offers a review of the intellectual positions of both groups, with a brief discussion of the history of archaeological theory and an appraisal of its current trajectory. I will discuss how and why contemporary theoretical perspectives have fundamentally diverged from the perspectives of archaeological scientists and how the recent theoretical emphasis upon materiality offers a rapprochement between theoreticians and archaeological scientists.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0003-813X (print) |
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| Keywords: | archaeological science, theoretical archaeology, post-processualism, linguistic metaphors, materiality, embedded technologies, performance characteristics, colour symbolism |
| Subjects: | C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeology |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Humanities > Archaeology |
| Item ID: | 28781 |
| Date Deposited: | 08 May 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2011 16:30 |
| Contributors: | Jones, A. (Author) |
| Date: | 2004 |
| Status: | Published |
| Contact Email Address: | amj@soton.ac.uk |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/28781 |
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