01784 a2200313 4500 20250526161923.0 250430042021GB 12 eng 9780367556457 BC Taylor & Francis GBP 39.99 BB 01 eng NKA thema NKD thema 1D bisac 3B bisac HDA bic HDDA bic 1D bisac ARC012000 bisac PHI021000 bisac SOC003000 bisac 930.1 bisac John C. Barrett 89 Archaeology and its Discontents Why Archaeology Matters 1 Oxford Routledge 20210331 180 p Archaeology and its Discontents examines the state of archaeology today and its development throughout the twentieth century, making a powerful case for new approaches. Surveying the themes of twentieth-century archaeological theory, Barrett looks at their successes, limitations, and failures. Seeing more failures and limitations than successes, he argues that archaeology has over-focused on explaining the human construction of material variability and should instead be more concerned with understanding how human diversity has been constructed. Archaeology matters, he argues, precisely because of the insights it can offer into the development of human diversity. The analysis and argument are illustrated throughout by reference to the development of the European Neolithic. Arguing both for new approaches and for the importance of archaeology as a discipline, Archaeology and its Discontents is for archaeologists at all levels, from student to professor and trainee to experienced practitioner. 10107 10107