Historical archaeology: Future

Heather Burke

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Historical archaeology: Future

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Archaeology is not a discipline renowned for predicting the future. Its focus is always on the past, although historical archaeology is, in many ways, the archaeology of contemporary communities. On the one hand, much of it deals with the origins of modern, western society and the modes of behavior constructed over the past 500 years. On the other, its recentness gives it a direct relevance to modern marginalized communities, particularly Indigenous or other colonized groups for whom the recent past is an area of contestation and dispute. So where is historical archaeology heading in the twenty-first century? One possible answer lies in these communities' futures, and with all that they hold both in common and apart. © 2008

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Archaeology
Editors	Deborah M. Pearsall
Place of Publication	Oxford
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
Pages	1443-1445
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Print)	9780123739629
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012373962-9.00136-9
Publication status	Published - 2008

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