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The dialectic between global and local perspectives in archaeological theory, heritage and publications
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 June 2008
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When I agreed to present the article as a vehicle for discussion at a session at the EAA's annual meeting in Zadar, Croatia, I decided to approach the question of a European archaeology from what I considered to be the three organizing pillars of archaeological practice: heritage, theory and publications. Heritage is the dominant organizational/legislative framework for archaeological practice, and it is where most of the money is spent. Theory, on the other hand, organizes most of our interpretations of the past, while publications are still the most common way of presenting the results of both heritage work (mostly excavations) and interpretations of that work. In this way I hoped to have encircled the dominant parameters for a diagnosis of the archaeological landscapes in Europe. I assumed that there might be some correlation between the three, and that such observed common trends within two or more variables would strengthen the argument, to paraphrase processual jargon.
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- Archaeological Dialogues , Volume 15 , Issue 1: Archaeology of Europe: the 2007 EAA Archaeological Dialogues Forum , June 2008 , pp. 56 - 69
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- Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008
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