Re-constructing Archaeology: Theory and PracticeInRe-Constructing Archaeology, Shanks and Tilley aim to challenge the disciplinary practices of both traditional and the `new' archaeology and to present a radical alternative - a critically self-consious archaeology aware of itself as pracitce in the present, and equally a social archaeology that appreciates artefacts not merely as ovjects of analysis but as part of a social world of past and present that is charged with meaning. It is a fresh and invigorating contribution to the emergence of a philosophically and politically informed archaeology. |
Contents
The present past | 7 |
Positivism and the new archaeology | 29 |
Facts and values in archaeology | 46 |
towards a redemptive aesthetic for the museum | 68 |
real and popular archaeology | 91 |
towards a redemptive aesthetic | 97 |
Hermeneutics dialectics and archaeology | 103 |
the object of study | 116 |
Style and ideology | 137 |
the design | 172 |
Changes in experience of work and leisure | 189 |
Consumerism the welfare state and the medicalization of drinking practices | 198 |
The brewing industry | 207 |
Archaeological theory and practice today | 243 |
Other editions - View all
Re-Constructing Archaeology: Theory and Practice Michael Shanks,Christopher Tilley Limited preview - 1987 |
Re-constructing Archaeology: Theory and Practice Michael Shanks,Christopher Tilley Limited preview - 2016 |
Re-Constructing Archaeology: Theory and Practice Michael Shanks,Christopher Tilley No preview available - 2016 |
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