Systems Theory and Archaeology Essay by Dannimonster
Systems Theory and Archaeology
This paper looks at the movement towards a post-modern construction of landscape, feminism and capitalist research in archaeology.
# 4617
| 1,465 words
| 3 sources
| MLA
| 2002
| 
Published
on Feb 11, 2003
in
Archaeology
(Ancient History and Mediterranean)
, Archaeology
(New Discoveries)
, Business
(Applied Operations)
, Archaeology
(General)
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Description:
This paper examines the history of archaeology, and the impact that social historians have had in shaping its direction and definition. In order to present his case, the author looks at three different books on archaeology, both ancient and modern, by social historians. The author points out the strengths and weaknesses of these publications, which in some cases, are long on speculation, and short on facts.
From the Paper:
"This is not to say the Patterson’s book is completely skewed, however. He situates archaeology into a wider historical context and acknowledges the influence of outside society- that, archaeology as a field did not, in fact, ‘pull itself up by its own bootstraps. As an example of this he sites the first impact of the WPA during the great depression, and the larger affect it had after World War II when the GI Bill allowed many soldiers who had previously worked with the WPA to pursue a full career in Archaeology. He also traces the class structure of archaeology from its beginning as an aristocratic and upper middle class phenomena to its situation in middle class academia in the 1950’s. Finally, he follows the fields movement from private collectors, to universities, to Federal government, and its final gradual privatization under the expanding clauses of United States historic sites protection."Cite this Essay:
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