Archaeology, anthropology and history: 
some issues of method 

 

Abstract: If we can argue that history emerges before or without writing, it should be the case that the boundaries between history, archaeology and ethnography begin to blur. And indeed reflexive approaches derived from ethnography have been applied in archaeology, and material culture can be seen as having historical agency. And we seem to be able to talk of the 'rights' of material objects. Yet methodological differences remain, even if they are not confined within traditional disciplinary boundaries.