Critical traditions in contemporary archaeology: essays in the philosophy, history and socio-politics of archaeology

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Part 1 Philosophical analysis: introduction - philosophical analysis, Alison Wylie philosophy of science and archaeology, Robert C.Dunnell efficient explanations and efficient behaviour, Merrilee H.Salmon inference to the best explanation in archaeology, Marsha Hanan and Jane Kelley the interpretive dilemma, Alison Wylie the structure of American theoretical archaeology - a preliminary report, Lester Embree dialectics, critical inquiry, and archaeology, Dean J.Saitta commentary - common knowledge and archaeology, Ezra Zubrow. Part 2 Historical foundations: introduction - historical foundations, Valerie Pinsky the history, philosophy and sociology of archaeology - the case of the Ancient Monuments Protection Act (1882), Tim Murray philosophical lessons from the history of Stonehenge studies, Christopher Chippindale Childe's early marxism, Peter Gathercole commentary - a critical role for the history of archaeology, Valerie Pinsky. Part 3 Socio-political context: introduction - socio-political context, Alison Wylie producing prehistory, controlling the past - the case of New England beehives, Joan M.Gero archaeology as socio-political action in the present, Christopher Tilley living history and critical archaeology in the reconstruction of the past, Russell G.Handsman and Mark P.Leone commentary - a socio-politics of socio-politics in archaeology, H.Martin Wobst.

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