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- Title
Presentism and the LAW.
- Authors
Bernbeck, Reinhard; Pollock, Susan
- Abstract
We welcome the Lampeter Archaeology Workshop's (LAW) attempt to clarify the ways in which they understand relativism in post-processual archaeology and especially their distinctions among several kinds of relativism. We would like to comment on links between epistemological relativism and a particular view of history (or, more generally, the past) that the LAW's discussion raises. In particular, we draw attention to several implications of their positions, including the relative emphasis placed on the past and/or the present in archaeological interpretations, different ways of linking past and present, and the political implications of such links
- Publication
Archaeological Dialogues, 1998, Vol 5, Issue 1, p34
- ISSN
1380-2038
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S1380203800002555