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Contextual archaeology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

John C. Barrett
John C. Barrett*
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Department of Archaeology, The University, Glasgow G12 8QQ
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Abstract

Ian Hodder's book, Reading the past (1986), was reviewed in the last number (Gardin 1987). Here a further comment is offered on Hodder's proposal for a ‘contextual archaeology’.

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Antiquity , Volume 61 , Issue 233 , November 1987, pp. 468 - 473
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1987

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