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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Author: Criado-Boado, Felipe
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
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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.