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Post-processual archaeology

Post-processual archaeology, which is sometimes alternatively referred to as the interpretative archaeologies by its adherents, is a movement in archaeological theory that emphasizes the subjectivity of archaeological interpretations. Despite having a vague series of similarities, post-processualism consists of "very diverse strands of thought coalesced…

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related to Precedents · 23
Post-processual archaeology → Although, Boasian, British, Bruce Trigger, Canadian, Culture Change, Edmund Leach, Emmanuel Terray, France, Having, Ian Hodder, Marxism, Marxist-inspired, Maurice Godelier, New, Pierre-Phillipe Rey, Sheffield, Some, The, The Explanation
related to Origins in Britain · 20
Post-processual archaeology → As, Britain, British, Cambridge University, Cambridge University Press, David Clarke, French Marxist, Having, He, Hodder, Ian Hodder, In, Iron Age, Matthew Spriggs, Most, New Geography, Post-processual, Roman Britain, Structural Archaeology, Symbolic
related to Development in the United States · 18
Post-processual archaeology → American, Among, Archaeology, As, British, French Marxist, Gender, Instead, Janet Spector's, Joan Gero's, Many American, Margaret Conkey, Native American, Post-processual, Study, The, They, United States
related to Subjectivism · 5
Post-processual archaeology → As, Matthew Johnson, Post-processual, Postprocessualists, The

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Ian Hodderinstance ofpioneered by archaeologists0.80text
Daniel Millerinstance ofpioneered by archaeologists0.80text
Christopher Tilleyinstance ofpioneered by archaeologists0.80text
Peter Uckoinstance ofpioneered by archaeologists0.80text
who were influenced by French Marxist anthropologyinstance ofpioneered by archaeologists0.80text
Lewis Binfordinstance ofa paradigm developed in the 1960s by 'New Archaeologists'0.80text
and which had become dominant in Anglophone archaeology by the 1970sinstance ofa paradigm developed in the 1960s by 'New Archaeologists'0.80text
cultural-historicalinstance ofarguing that in other theoretical approaches to archaeology0.80text
processualinstance ofarguing that in other theoretical approaches to archaeology0.80text
Maurice Godelierinstance ofhad its roots not in orthodox Marxism but in efforts to combine Marxism and structuralism by anthropologists0.80text
Emmanuel Terrayinstance ofhad its roots not in orthodox Marxism but in efforts to combine Marxism and structuralism by anthropologists0.80text
and Pierre-Phillipe Reyinstance ofhad its roots not in orthodox Marxism but in efforts to combine Marxism and structuralism by anthropologists0.80text

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