Archaeology and Assemblage

Assemblage is a concept common to a number of academic disciplines, most notably archaeology and art, but also geology and palaeontology. Archaeology can claim a special link to the term assemblage, though novel approaches to the concept of assemblage have recently been adopted from the fields of ph...

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Published in:Cambridge archaeological journal 2017-02, Vol.27 (1), p.77-84
Main Authors: Hamilakis, Yannis, Jones, Andrew Meirion
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Archaeology
Geology
Paleontology
Political theory
Special Section: Archaeology and Assemblage
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Summary:Assemblage is a concept common to a number of academic disciplines, most notably archaeology and art, but also geology and palaeontology. Archaeology can claim a special link to the term assemblage, though novel approaches to the concept of assemblage have recently been adopted from the fields of philosophy and political theory. These approaches, bracketed under the term ‘new materialism’, are discussed here. The introduction to this collection of papers outlines these approaches and evaluates their usefulness for archaeological practice and interpretation.
ISSN:0959-7743
1474-0540
DOI:10.1017/S0959774316000688