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Post-processual Archaeology

Post-Processual Archaeology is a theoretical approach within archaeological interpretation that emphasizes the role of human agency, ideology, and subjectivity in understanding the past, distinguished from processual archaeology by its rejection of strict scientific positivism and its focus on multiple, contextually situated interpretations of material culture.

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9.2K

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182

Authors

96

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2017–2026

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Publications

138

Reading the Past: Current Approaches to Interpretation in Archaeology.

Aron L. Crowell, Ian Hodder · Man · 1992 · 668 citations

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Material culture after text: re‐membering things

Bjørnar Olsen · Norwegian Archaeological Review · 2003 · 546 citations

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Towards a New Paradigm? The Third Science Revolution and its Possible Consequences in Archaeology

Kristian Kristiansen · Current Swedish Archaeology · 2021 · 333 citations · Full text

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Ethnoarchaeology in Action

Karim Sadr, Nicholas David, Carol Kramer · The South African Archaeological Bulletin · 2002 · 273 citations

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Interpretive Archaeology and Its Role

Ian Hodder · American Antiquity · 1991 · 253 citations

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Authors

182

  1. IH
    Ian Hodder

    Stanford University, United States

    7 publications · 1.4K citations

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  2. BG
    Bruce G. Trigger

    McGill University, Canada

    6 publications · 440 citations

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  3. RW
    Robert W. Preucel

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    5 publications · 461 citations

    5

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  4. MS
    Michael Shanks

    Stanford University, United States

    3 publications · 256 citations

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  5. LS
    Laurajane Smith

    Australian National University, Australia

    3 publications · 161 citations

    3

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Institutions

96

  1. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    628 citations

  2. University of Wales Trinity Saint David

    Swansea, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    369 citations

  3. UiT The Arctic University of Norway

    Tromsø, Norway

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    775 citations

  4. University of Iceland

    Reykjavik, Iceland

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    148 citations

  5. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    118 citations

  6. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    119 citations

  7. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    46 citations

  8. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    176 citations

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Venues

  1. Antiquity

    12 publications · 687 citations

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  2. American Antiquity

    9 publications · 972 citations

    9

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  3. Norwegian Archaeological Review

    8 publications · 1K citations

    8

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  4. Archaeological Dialogues

    8 publications · 467 citations

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  5. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 7 publications · 534 citations

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