ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS: ARCHAEOLOGY Volume 4 ARCHAEOLOGY AFTER STRUCTURALISM This page intentionally left blank ARCHAEOLOGY AFTER STRUCTURALISM Post-structuralism and the Practice of Archaeology Edited and introduced by IAN BAPTYAND TIM YATES Firstpublishedin1990 Thiseditionfirstpublishedin2015 byRoutledge 2ParkSquare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,Oxon,OX144RN andbyRoutledge 711ThirdAvenue,NewYork,NY10017 RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroup,aninformabusiness ©1990Routledge,thecollection ©1990therespectivecontributors,individualcontributions Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedor utilisedinanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,now knownorhereafterinvented,includingphotocopyingandrecording,orinany informationstorageorretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthe publishers. Trademarknotice:Productorcorporatenamesmaybetrademarksorregistered trademarks,andareusedonlyforidentificationandexplanationwithoutintent toinfringe. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary ISBN:978-1-138-79971-4(Set) eISBN:978-1-315-75194-8(Set) ISBN:978-1-138-80590-3(Volume4) eISBN:978-1-315-75192-4(Volume4) Publisher’sNote Thepublisherhasgonetogreatlengthstoensurethequalityofthisbookbut pointsoutthatsomeimperfectionsfromtheoriginalmaybeapparent. Disclaimer Thepublisherhasmadeeveryefforttotracecopyrightholdersandwould welcomecorrespondencefromthosetheyhavebeenunabletotrace. ARCHAEOLOGY AFTER STRUCTURALISM Post-structuralism and the Practice of Archaeology Edited and introduced by Ian Bapty and Tim Yates R m m London First published 1990 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE 29 West 35th Street, New York NY 10001 Collection © 1990 Routledge; individual contributions © 1990 the respective contributors Set in 10/12pt Times, Linotron 202 Disc conversion by Columns, Reading Printed in England by T.J. Press (Padstow), Cornwall All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Archaeology after structuralism: post-structuralism and the practice of archaeology 1. Archaeology. Theories I. Bapty, Ian II. Yates, Tim 930.101 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Archaeology after structuralism - post-structuralism and the practice of archaeology / edited by Ian Bapty & Tim Yates, p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. Contents: Introduction: Archaeology and post-structuralism / Ian Bapty and Tim Yates — The joker is wild, the text untameable / Gareth Burr — Undermining archaeology / Willy Maley — Discourse and domination / Shaun Waterman — The experience and identity of ‘woman’ / Ruth Bagnal — On modernity and archaeological discourse / Christopher Tilley — Archaeology through the looking- glass / Tim Yates — Archaeology, authority, and the determination of a subject / Paul Moran and David Shaun Hides — This perfect body, this virgin text / Jarl Nordbladh and Tim Yates — Nietzsche, Derrida, and Foucault / Ian Bapty — The post-modernist threat to the past / Kevin Walsh. Conclusion: Reading the signs / Michael Shanks. 1. Archaeology—Philosophy. 2. Structuralism. I. Bapty, Ian. II. Yates, Tim. CC72.A68 1990 930.1'01—dc20 90-8175 ISBN 0-415-04500-2 For my parents I.B. For my parents and for Debbie T.Y. This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS Preface xi Introduction: Archaeology and Post-Structuralism 1 Ian Bapty and Tim Yates Part I: Interdisciplinary Readings 1 The Joker is Wild, the Text Untameable: the Analytics of 35 Homo Analogicus (Anthropology, Post-Structuralism and Post-Modernism) Gareth Burr 2 Undermining Archaeology: From Reconstruction to 61 Deconstruction Willy Maley 3 Discourse and Domination: Michel Foucault and the Problem 79 of Ideology Shaun Waterman 4 The Experience and Identity of ‘Woman’: Feminism after 103 Structuralism Ruth Bagnal Part 2: Archaeological Perspectives 5 On Modernity and Archaeological Discourse 127 Christopher Tilley 6 Archaeology through the Looking-Glass 153 Tim Yates 1 Writing, Authority and the Determination of a Subject 205 Paul Moran and David Shaun Hides
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