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Exploring Post-Processualism in Archaeology: An Overview of Theory and Practice

Discover the impact of Post-Processualism in archaeology, a post-modernist approach challenging traditional notions of rationality and objectivity. Learn about interpretation, diverse perspectives on the past, and the political dimensions within this theoretical framework. Explore how Post-Processualism has influenced research agendas, museum practices, and ethical considerations in archaeology.

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Exploring Post-Processualism in Archaeology: An Overview of Theory and Practice

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  1. Review of Post-Processualism • Post –Processualism is the post-modernist in Archaeology • Questions rationality • Objectivity • Science as an Intellectual structure science is not politically neutral

  2. Components of Post-Processual Research Structure • Interpretation, not explanation • Interpretation as relative, contingent and subjective (because objectivity is not possible) • giving voice to the disenfranchized • Multiple views/voices of the past--- • Big ideas: ideology, gender, power, agency, ethnicity • How distinguish between various versions of the past? ( Evaluation is not stressed.)

  3. CONTRIBUTIONS OF POST-PROCESSUALISM • Generated Considerable Debate • The Political Context of Archaeology • Broadening the Discipline in terms of Practioners Research Questions • The Structure of Museums • Archaeological Ethics

  4. Ideas in Science and Post-ProcessualismWhat is theory? • Theory in Science: • Coherent intellectual structure • Terms and relations between terms laid out • Theory is narrowly and precisely defined • explanatory theory--- Addresses the question of WHY

  5. THEORY IN POST-PROCESSUALISM • Theory as Ideas • Why do archaeology • social and cultural context of archaeology • “All Observations are theory-laden” • Theory as Attitude ( Michael Shanks) • Philosophy: • Agency, Marxism, Hemenuitics

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