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Interpretive Archaeology and Its Role
Author(s): Ian Hodder
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Source: American Antiquity, Vol. 56, No. 1 (Jan., 1991), pp. 7-18
Published by: Society for American Archaeology
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INTERPRETIVE
ARCHAEOLOGY
AND ITS ROLE
Ian Hodder a Thispaperseeksfurtherto definethe processesof the interpretation f meaningin archaeology nd to explore o a the public role such interpretation ight play. In contrastto postmodernand poststructuralist erspectives, p m
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a hermeneuticdebate is describedthat takes account of a criticalperspective. n interpretive ostprocessual rp a t chaeologyneeds to incorporate hreecomponents: guardedobjectivity f the data, hermeneutic roceduresor o p f p inferringinternalmeanings,and reflexivity.The call for an interpretive osition is relatedclosely to new, more w activeroles that the archaeological ast is filling in a multicultural orld. p e d Este articulointentadefinirlos procesosde la interpretaci6n e significaci6n n arqueologia explorarel papel y y p publicoqueesta interpretaci6n
Interpretive Archaeology and Its Role
Author(s): Ian Hodder
Reviewed work(s):
Source: American Antiquity, Vol. 56, No. 1 (Jan., 1991), pp. 7-18
Published by: Society for American Archaeology
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/280968 .
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INTERPRETIVE
ARCHAEOLOGY
AND ITS ROLE
Ian Hodder a Thispaperseeksfurtherto definethe processesof the interpretation f meaningin archaeology nd to explore o a the public role such interpretation ight play. In contrastto postmodernand poststructuralist erspectives, p m
A
a hermeneuticdebate is describedthat takes account of a criticalperspective. n interpretive ostprocessual rp a t chaeologyneeds to incorporate hreecomponents: guardedobjectivity f the data, hermeneutic roceduresor o p f p inferringinternalmeanings,and reflexivity.The call for an interpretive osition is relatedclosely to new, more w activeroles that the archaeological ast is filling in a multicultural orld. p e d Este articulointentadefinirlos procesosde la interpretaci6n e significaci6n n arqueologia explorarel papel y y p publicoqueesta interpretaci6n
References: 1990 Paul Ricoeur: Action, Meaning and Text. In Reading Material Culture, edited by C. Tilley, pp. 85120. Blackwell, Oxford.