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- Holtorf, Cornelius, et al.
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Studying archaeological fieldwork in the field: Views from Monte Polizzo.
- 2006
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Ingår i: Ethnographies of Archaeological Practice: Cultural Encounters, Material Transformations.. - 0759108455 ; , s. 81-94
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Ethnography of Archaeology is a new but fast growing field of interest and approach, investigating the practice and materiality of professional archaeology. Often the focus is on archaeological fieldwork, as the present volume illustrates. This contribution addresses the question of what kind of experience project members have on an archaeological excavation project. Besides the way a project can be described in academic terms, for example in field reports, I will be asking precisely what it means to participate in an archaeological project from the participants’ point of view and what it is they are actually learning during an excavation. This matters particularly when excavations are designed as student training excavations, making it pertinent to study the learning experiences and outcomes. My case-study consists of the ongoing excavations at Monte Polizzo in Western Sicily.
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- Solli, Brit, et al.
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Some Reflections on Heritage and Archaeology in the Anthropocene
- 2011
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Ingår i: Norwegian Archaeological Review. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0029-3652 .- 1502-7678. ; 44:1, s. 40-88
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Are we now living in a new geological epoch called the Anthropocene? = o-scientists discuss whether there is a need for a new concept = vering the last 250 years' immense human impact on the earth. How are = going to understand and define 'heritage' and archaeology in a = pidly changing global environment? The 'linguistic turn' in humanities = d social sciences has had a huge impact on both archaeology and = ritage studies since c. 1980. A critique is raised against the = ti-essentialist view that heritage is constructed, not discovered. = rthermore, the paper discusses the legacy of 'the linguistic turn', = st-processualism and environmental archaeology.
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- Steffen, Will, et al.
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Stratigraphic and Earth System approaches to defining the Anthropocene
- 2016
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Ingår i: Earth's Future. - 2328-4277. ; 4:8, s. 324-345
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- Stratigraphy provides insights into the evolution and dynamics of the Earth System over its long history. With recent developments in Earth System science, changes in Earth System dynamics can now be observed directly and projected into the near future. An integration of the two approaches provides powerful insights into the nature and significance of contemporary changes to Earth. From both perspectives, the Earth has been pushed out of the Holocene Epoch by human activities, with the mid-20th century a strong candidate for the start date of the Anthropocene, the proposed new epoch in Earth history. Here we explore two contrasting scenarios for the future of the Anthropocene, recognizing that the Earth System has already undergone a substantial transition away from the Holocene state. A rapid shift of societies toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals could stabilize the Earth System in a state with more intense interglacial conditions than in the late Quaternary climate regime and with little further biospheric change. In contrast, a continuation of the present Anthropocene trajectory of growing human pressures will likely lead to biotic impoverishment and a much warmer climate with a significant loss of polar ice.
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