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Ref ID: 25226
Ref Type: Book Section in a Series
Authors: Gibbon, Guy
Title: What Does an Observation Mean in Archeology?
Date: 1990
Source: Powers of Observation: Alternative Views in Archeology
Publisher: American Anthropological Association
Abstract: This chapter explores the relationship between social imagery and observation in archeology. Several examples are provided which indicate that what archeologists "see" in/as the archeological record is more closely linked to shifting fashions in their own cultural contexts than generally imagined. If correct, this raises interesting questions concerning the nature of knowledge in archeology
Identifier: 0-913167-42-8
Date Created: 7/23/2019
Editors: Nelson, Sarah M.
Kehoe, Alice B.
Number: 2
Page Start: 5
Page End: 10
Series Editor: Clark, G. A.
Series Title: Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association