Writing the Past - Knowledge and Literary Production in Archaeology

Writing the Past attempts to re-introduce a normative dimension to knowledge practices in archaeology, especially in relation to archaeological practice further down the 'assembly line' in the production of published texts, where archaeological knowledge becomes most stabilised and is widely disseminated.

List of contents

Contents; Acknowledgements ; Chapter 1. The production of archaeological knowledge; Chapter 2. Models of reasoning in Anglo-American archaeology; Chapter 3. Text types and archaeology; Chapter 4. Textual composition and knowledge production; Chapter 5. Mobile knowledge; Bibliography; Index

About the author

Gavin Lucas is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Iceland, where has been teaching since 2002. His main interests lie in archaeological method and theory as well as the archaeology of the modern world, with a special focus on the North Atlantic.

Summary

Writing the Past attempts to re-introduce a normative dimension to knowledge practices in archaeology, especially in relation to archaeological practice further down the ‘assembly line’ in the production of published texts, where archaeological knowledge becomes most stabilised and is widely disseminated.

Product details

• Authors: Gavin Lucas, Gavin (University of Iceland Lucas, Gavin (University of Iceland) Lucas, Lucas Gavin
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.12.2018
• EAN: 9780367001049
• ISBN: 978-0-367-00104-9
• No. of pages: 188
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Archaeological Theory, writing practices;textual composition;archaeology