Problems, functions and conditions of archaeological knowledge
[EN] This article deals with some of the critical issues and problems facing archaeological theory and practice in a postpositivist world. It tries to explore a third way between objectivist and subjectivist methodological alternatives. In particular reviewing the concept and practice of interpretat...
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| Format: | article |
| Publication Date: | 2001 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repository: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/6840 |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/6840 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Laboratorio de Arqueología del Paisaje Laboratory of Landscape Archaeology Archaeology record Cultural Heritage Hermeneutics Interpretation Postpositivism Poststructuralism Social Archaeology Theoretical archaeology LaPa |
| Summary: | [EN] This article deals with some of the critical issues and problems facing archaeological theory and practice in a postpositivist world. It tries to explore a third way between objectivist and subjectivist methodological alternatives. In particular reviewing the concept and practice of interpretation as being the only way of obtaining understanding from archaeological record. Avoinging neo-empirical reactions as much as individualistic or hypersubjectivist standpoints, this article highlights the possibility (and problems) of interpretation as a positive pracrice, exploring a methodology that could allow archaeology to construct an intersubjective understanding of material meaning. |
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