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The Triviality of the New Innovation and Impact in Archaeology and Beyond

open access: yesCurrent Swedish Archaeology, 2018
What drives archaeology? Is it new empirical discoveries, new methods or new theory? These factors combined are the fuel of the discipline, is the obvious answer. However, debates and research articles frequently reveal how a perceived need for novelty,
Tim Flohr Sørensen
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Being and Becoming Stone

open access: yesSemiotic Review, 2016
This essay employs Peircean semiotics to interpret shifts in Indian religion and spirituality in northeastern North America from the seventeenth century onwards. Patterns of material culture attest to a complex knotting of Algonquian spiritual practices
Craig Cipolla
doaj   +1 more source

WINE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE AND VERNACULAR TYPOLOGIES IN SOUTH-WESTERN IBERIA: THREE CASE STUDIES IN ALENTEJO AND ANDALUSIA [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2020
In the Mediterranean scenery of the south-western Iberian Peninsula, vineyards and wine-making have consistently been key pieces of the man-made cultural landscape, influencing urban design and even housing.
A. C. Rosado   +3 more
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Do Archaeological Cultures Exist?

open access: yesEtnoantropološki Problemi, 2013
Archaeological culture still persists as a basic analytical and interpretative concept in Serbian archaeology despite criticism. This paper presents a formal view of archaeological cultures and explores the epistemological implications of this ...
Marko Porčić
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The long and winding road

open access: yesDocumenta Praehistorica
In this paper we address the biography of a set of copper nails recovered in 1998 from a Late Iron Age structure located at the archaeological site of Puig de Sa Morisca (Mallorca, Spain).
Laura Perelló Mateo   +4 more
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Sets, Graphs, and Things We Can See: A Formal Combinatorial Ontology for Empirical Intra-Site Analysis

open access: yesJournal of Computer Applications in Archaeology, 2019
A critical aspect of analysing an archaeological site is identifying the network of relationships between the things we find and the locations where we find them.
J. Scott Cardinal
doaj   +1 more source

Materiality, Nonlinearity, and Interpretive Openness in Contemporary Archaeogames

open access: yesEludamos, 2022
Drawing inspiration from discussions on the relationship between archaeology and video games (“archaeogaming”), this article argues that contemporary games address three central concepts of archaeological theory: the uncertain materiality of ...
Marco Caracciolo
doaj   +1 more source

Sami Archaeology and Postcolonial Theory--An Introduction

open access: yesArctic Anthropology, 2015
While researchers within Sami archaeology have dealt with issues closely related to postcolonial theory and critique since the 1970s onwards, this has rarely been done with explicit mention or coherent use of this theoretical complex. This somewhat paradoxical situation was addressed in a session at the 14th conference of the Nordic Theoretical ...
M. Spangen   +5 more
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Zaproszenie do teorii aktora-sieci – ontologia relacyjna a archeologia

open access: yesPrzegląd Archeologiczny, 2022
Actor-Network Theory and the related ontological turn is one of the most important paradigmatic changes in contemporary social sciences. In Polish archaeological discourse Actor-Network Theory is not widely discussed.
Jakub Mugaj
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Space Matters: A Reflection on Archaeological Theory and Method for Interpreting the Materiality of Space

open access: yes, 2016
Every paradigm in the history of archaeological theory has in some way dealt with space in interpreting the archaeological record; either bringing it into the spotlight or using it to assist description of other observed phenomena. This has resulted in a
Monika Baumanova
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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