Final Thoughts on Beiläufigkeit

The essays in this theme section demonstrate clearly the diversity and complexity of a topic that seems negligible in practice but emerges as important upon further reflection—the incidentalness of things. In this brief afterword, we highlight three of the themes addressed by all or most of the cont...

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Published in:Cambridge archaeological journal 2020-02, Vol.30 (1), p.172-174
Main Authors: Pollock, Susan, Bernbeck, Reinhard, Schreiber, Stefan, Appel, Lena, Loy, Anna K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anthropocentrism
Archaeology
Hahn, Peter
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Summary:The essays in this theme section demonstrate clearly the diversity and complexity of a topic that seems negligible in practice but emerges as important upon further reflection—the incidentalness of things. In this brief afterword, we highlight three of the themes addressed by all or most of the contributions, which we suggest are of particular relevance when considering the place of the incidental in our archaeological engagements.
ISSN:0959-7743
1474-0540
DOI:10.1017/S0959774319000568