Critique of Archaeological Reason

I. The Argument

Thematic excursuses

Giorgio Buccellati – March 2024

The special themes developed serve to expand the discussion on specific topics, whether they are already broached in the printed volume (CAR), or have not been taken up there but are pertinent to its central argument. See also the subsection on expanded treatments in the introduction.

The themes as prepared for the various editions are:

First edition:
broken traditions
colonialism
critique
critique/theory
emplacement
excavation
identity: food
inference
stratigraphy
Second edition:
AI
"cancel culture"
psychology
territory

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