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This volume provides the first critical examination of the relationship between archaeology and language, analysing the rhetorical practices through which archaeologists create representations of the past. Rosemary Joyce draws on literary theory to discuss the ways in which archaeologists have used language to reinforce their views of the past, and presents ideas about how language might be used in the future to present a more satisfactory understanding of time and place in the archaeological record. She examines rhetoric, narrative, and dialogue as crucial topics for archaeological reflection, discusses the recent explosion of experimentation with new forms of writing within archaeology -- fuelled by sources including feminism, post-structuralism, and critiques of representation from descendant groups who see archaeological sites as their cultural heritage -- and demonstrates how this experimentation with writing might lead to a sustained critical examination of writing. The author draws on the work of Mikhail Bakhtin and Roland Barthes to explore the nature and significance of dialogue within archaeological writing. By examining a selection of different kinds of archaeological te

Who reads The Languages of Archaeology: Dialogue, Narrative, and Writing (Social Archaeology)?

Author

Rosemary A. Joyce with Robert W. Preucel ... [et al.]

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9780631221784

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, History, Social_sciences