Transcending the 'Obnoxious Spectator': a case for processual pluralism in ethnoarchaeology

Autor:	Jerimy J Cunningham
Rok vydání:	2003
Předmět:	Archeology History Ethnoarchaeology Interpretation (philosophy) Post-processual archaeology Analogy Human Factors and Ergonomics Processual archaeology Problem of universals Epistemology Pluralism (philosophy) Sociology Social science Eclecticism
Zdroj:	Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 22:389-410
ISSN:	0278-4165
DOI:	10.1016/s0278-4165(03)00042-4
Popis:	Several commentators have argued that ethnoarchaeology will only become a productive part of archaeological research once both archaeology and ethnoarchaeology are unified by the axioms of a single theory of behavior. Through an examination of the different roles that ethnoarchaeological research has adopted, I demonstrate that ethnoarchaeology is already theoretically unified by a general concern with analogy. I argue that the problems that many commentators have recognized with ethnoarchaeology’s apparent eclecticism arise from an over-reliance on “core universals” by both processual and postprocessual researchers. Instead of implementing a single unified theory of behavior, I suggest that ethnoarchaeologists should adopt a pluralistic orientation that is sensitive to the contextual applicability of specific causal processes.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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