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Writing the Past : Knowledge and Literary Production in Archaeology by Gavin Lucas is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>How do archaeologists make knowledge? Debates in the latter half of the twentieth century revolved around broad, abstract philosophies and theories such as positivism and hermeneutics which have all but vanished today. By contrast, in recent years there has been a great deal of attention given to more concrete, practice-based study, such as fieldwork. But where one was too abstract, the other has become too descriptive and commonly evades issues of epistemic judgement.</p> <p><i>Writing the P
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- Author
- Gavin Lucas
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780429815218
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Science, Philosophy, Literary Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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