The History of Archaeology as Seen Through the Externalism-Internalism Debate: Historical Development and Current Challenges
While internalism and externalism are nothing more than two categories coined by historians of science during the 1960s (for an introduction to the internalism-externalism debate, see: Basalla 1968; Lakatos 1970; Ben-David 1971; Agassi 1981; Morrell 1981 and Shapi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ubiquity Press
2009-11-01
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| Series: | Bulletin of the History of Archaeology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.archaeologybulletin.org/article/view/39 |
| Summary: | While internalism and externalism are nothing more than two
categories coined by historians of science during the 1960s (for an introduction to the
internalism-externalism debate, see: Basalla 1968; Lakatos 1970; Ben-David 1971; Agassi
1981; Morrell 1981 and Shapin 1992), they are terms often used by historians of
archaeology to define the two different interpretations of the history of their
discipline (e.g. Meltzer 1989: 17–18; Trigger 2001: 635; Schlanger 2004: 165–166;
Trigger 2006: 25; Díaz-Andreu 2007: 4; Kaeser 2008: 10). Why have these terms proven to
be so popular? |
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| ISSN: | 1062-4740 2047-6930 |