The Language of Archaeology II

The paper is an auto-reflexive critical reconsideration of the author’s own previous writings on theory in archaeology. The imperfections of the early papers are scrutinized in connection to the prevailing attitude in the local disciplinary community at the time. Archaeology in Serbia has been with...

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Main Author: Staša Babić
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Belgrade 2009-06-01
Series:Etnoantropološki Problemi
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Online Access:http://eap-iea.org/index.php/eap/article/view/861
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description The paper is an auto-reflexive critical reconsideration of the author’s own previous writings on theory in archaeology. The imperfections of the early papers are scrutinized in connection to the prevailing attitude in the local disciplinary community at the time. Archaeology in Serbia has been withdrawn from the main theoretical discussions, and the individual attempts were aimed at compensating for this setback, introducing the essence of the current debates. Since the two major paradigms of the discipline – processual and post-processual, formulated in their original setting within the timespan of almost three decades, were presented simultaneously, they were merged in an unconsistent manner.
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spelling doaj.art-ae0454c9b42e49fdae2172412a8c80a92022-12-22T00:00:31ZengUniversity of BelgradeEtnoantropološki Problemi0353-15892334-88012009-06-014110.21301/eap.v4i1.6The Language of Archaeology IIStaša Babić0Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Serbia The paper is an auto-reflexive critical reconsideration of the author’s own previous writings on theory in archaeology. The imperfections of the early papers are scrutinized in connection to the prevailing attitude in the local disciplinary community at the time. Archaeology in Serbia has been withdrawn from the main theoretical discussions, and the individual attempts were aimed at compensating for this setback, introducing the essence of the current debates. Since the two major paradigms of the discipline – processual and post-processual, formulated in their original setting within the timespan of almost three decades, were presented simultaneously, they were merged in an unconsistent manner. http://eap-iea.org/index.php/eap/article/view/861paradigm shifttheory in archaeology; culture-historical, processual and post-processual approachesthe position of the researcher
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paradigm shift
theory in archaeology
; culture-historical, processual and post-processual approaches
the position of the researcher
title The Language of Archaeology II
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title_full_unstemmed The Language of Archaeology II
title_short The Language of Archaeology II
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topic paradigm shift
theory in archaeology
; culture-historical, processual and post-processual approaches
the position of the researcher
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