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- Title
Fun in ruins: Archaeology's serious rut.
- Authors
Crist, Walter
- Abstract
Politopoulous et al. touch on some of the most obvious examples of play that have been addressed by archaeologists: toys, sports, theatre and board games. These are discoverable by archaeologists, but we will (probably) never find a game board that was once dug into the sand, or be able to identify seeds or pebbles as belonging to a game. Archaeology could be a lot more fun, and certainly people in the ancient past had a lot more fun than might be evident from archaeological scholarship.
- Subjects
BOARD games; SOCIAL norms; GAMEBOARDS; ARCHAEOLOGY; ANIMAL droppings; GAMBLING
- Publication
Archaeological Dialogues, 2023, Vol 30, Issue 1, p22
- ISSN
1380-2038
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S1380203823000090