What is ‘European archaeology’? What should it be?
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Babi? Staša, Karl Raimund, Milosavljevi? Monika, Mizoguchi Koji, Paludan Müller Carsten, Murray Tim, Robb John, Schlanger Nathan, Vanzetti Alessandro
DOI: 10.1017/eaa.2016.12
ISSN: 1461-9571
‘European archaeology’ is an ambiguous and contested rubric. Rooted in the political histories of European archaeology, it potentially unites an academic field and provides a basis for international collaboration and inclusion, but also creates essentialized identities and exclusionary discourses. This discussion article presents a range of views on what European archaeology is, where it comes from, and what it could be.