Archaeology: Ideologies in Archaeology - A Review

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Ideologies in Archaeology - A Review Jan 6th 2012, 10:36 I confess that I read the edited collection of articles in Ideologies and Archaeology from Reinhold Bernbeck and Randall H. McGuire, published last year by the University of Arizona Press, at least six weeks ago. It took me that long to process it completely. Or at least to be able to write about it. Ideologies in Archaeology. Cover image courtesy University of Arizona Press. The book is a collection of articles considering the turbulent nature of the philosophy of archaeology these days. How does our own political viewpoint of the world impact what we study and write about: and how did the political control of state governments impact the past. It's an important book to read, if you're an archaeologist, or if you crave to understand the philosophical rumblings among archaeologists today, as we attempt to discover and reposition our role in the greater world. I suspect that it will change my own philosophy, but I'm just not sure how. Yet. Read the review: Ideologies in Archaeology

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