Arkeologi här och nu
(2004)- Abstract
- This article discusses the role of archaeology in our society as well as the epistemological outlook within archaeology. In order to illustrate the relevance of archaeology in our own age three topics are formulated - landscape archaeology, the long-term perspectives of archaeology and the norms and values of our particular system. It is underlines that archaeologists are interpreters of fragments from the past. We have to turn the problems over, call into question and ask new questions about the past and our interpretative starting points, not accepting the stereotype images of the savages in the Stone Age, the sophisticated chiefs in the Bronze Age or the robbers in the Viking Age. There are also good reasons for arguing against the... (More)
- This article discusses the role of archaeology in our society as well as the epistemological outlook within archaeology. In order to illustrate the relevance of archaeology in our own age three topics are formulated - landscape archaeology, the long-term perspectives of archaeology and the norms and values of our particular system. It is underlines that archaeologists are interpreters of fragments from the past. We have to turn the problems over, call into question and ask new questions about the past and our interpretative starting points, not accepting the stereotype images of the savages in the Stone Age, the sophisticated chiefs in the Bronze Age or the robbers in the Viking Age. There are also good reasons for arguing against the nationalistic use of the past and for presenting instead a picture of diversity in the past. (Less)
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https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/532792
- author
- Jennbert, Kristina LU
- organization
- alternative title
- Archaeology here and now
- publishing date
- 2004
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- ethics, role of archaeology, stereotypes
- host publication
- Kulturell mångfald i Södermanland, del 2
- editor
- Åkerlund, Agneta
- publisher
- Länsstyrelsen i Södermanland
- ISBN
- 91-88044-15-7
- language
- Swedish
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 5c13c6fc-74ce-4c5d-9107-7f14f361fc23 (old id 532792)
- date added to LUP
- 2016-04-04 09:58:05
- date last changed
- 2018-11-21 20:55:55
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