Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology: Transatlantic Perspectives

Beaudry, Mary C.; Symonds, James

Interpretive archaeology – meaning the interpretation (social science as opposed to hard science) of archaeology and archaeological artifacts – has predominantly been the realm of prehistoric archaeologists. Many historical archaeologists are participating in this disciplinary shift from processualism to post-processualism and interpretation, but to date few have called their work interpretive archaeology.

This volume is based on a session at the Society for Historical Archaeology meeting in 2005. The organizers – now editors – brought together historical archaeologists from both the UK and the US working in the same areas (industrial landscape, monuments, etc.) but because of their country-based training, their work arises out of differing intellectual traditions. The chapters in each section do not stand in isolation; rather, the authors exchange ideas about what each other has written. They construct dialogues about theories and practices that inform interpretive archaeology on either side of the Atlantic, ends with commentary by two well-known names in interpretive archaeology in the UK and in the States.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2012-12-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781461427094

DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-70759-4

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 246