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Death of Archaeological Theory?

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ISBN-10: 1842174460

ISBN-13: 9781842174463

Edition: 2011

Authors: John Bintliff, Mark Pearce

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The Death of Archaeological Theory? addresses the provocative subject of whether it is time to discount the burden of somewhat dogmatic theory and ideology that has built up over the last 25 years. Based on a highly successful EAA session, Bintliff and Pearce set out to discover whether "The Death of the Archaeological Theorist" might not be a liberating thought experiment and were astounded by the reaction they got, which suggests a grassroots questioning of the direction archaeological theory is taking. Just as Roland Barthes's call for "The Death of the Author" did not actually demand a complete neglect of authorial existence and intentions, so Bintliff and Pearce did not actually demand…    
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Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Oxbow Books, Limited
Publication date: 9/15/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 96
Size: 5.25" wide x 7.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English