Thomas, J. and Tilley, C. (1992). TAG and `post-modernism': a reply to John Bintliff. Antiquity 66 (250). Vol 66(250), pp. 106-114.
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TAG and `post-modernism': a reply to John Bintliff | |
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Antiquity 66 (250) | |
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Antiquity | |
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66 (250) | |
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106 - 114 | |
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In answer to a critical review of the proceedings at the 1990 TAG conference (see 91/910) it is suggested that a theoretical standpoint need not be exclusively relativist in opposition to scientific positivism. Current modes of thought, often grouped haphazardly under the terms post-modernist or post-processual, may also represent a continuation of earlier ideas concerning `critical self-awareness' (notably those of David Clarke). Thus they need not act as a barrier between an older generation of archaeologists and current theoretical debate. The reply from John Bintliff (111--14) takes the form of seven points: that post-modernism has already been discredited in other disciplines, that processualists also acknowledge the importance of socio-cultural systems, that there is no socio-political hidden agenda behind fieldwork strategies, that funding bodies favour scientific research because it shows tangible results, that science-based archaeology makes objective observations of data whereas post-processual archaeology employs a predetermined socio-political agenda, that Bintliff himself has written several books on theory in archaeology and that far from being ostracised many theoretical archaeologists are to be found in academic posts across the country. IH | |
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1992 | |
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