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]]> http://www.sha.org/blog/index.php/2012/02/contemporary-archaeologies/#comment-13 Terry Brock Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:28:00 +0000 http://www.sha.org/blog/?p=794#comment-13 Great post, Paul. In many ways, viewing historical archaeology through a lens of contemporary materiality forces us to start asking questions about how are research is relevant to contemporary society: community engaged research with descendant communities is an obvious way to do this, as the value of the research is inherent in its value to the living community. But your post brings to the forefront other possible avenues, such as the actual material we're studying (is it contemporary itself?) or the way we tie the theoretical topics we use to examine the past to contemporary issues...these are things to consider. Great post, Paul. In many ways, viewing historical archaeology through a lens of contemporary materiality forces us to start asking questions about how are research is relevant to contemporary society: community engaged research with descendant communities is an obvious way to do this, as the value of the research is inherent in its value to the living community. But your post brings to the forefront other possible avenues, such as the actual material we’re studying (is it contemporary itself?) or the way we tie the theoretical topics we use to examine the past to contemporary issues…these are things to consider.

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