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Intransigent archaeology. An interview with Evžen Neustupný on his life in archaeology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2012

Martin Kuna
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Abstract

An interview with Evžen Neustupný opens up a range of issues regarding the theory and history of archaeology and its development in Central Europe. His view of the discipline differs in many ways from that of current global trends. His ‘artefact archaeology’ inverts the concept of adaptation and highlights the role of artefacts in the creation of the human world. The interview also shows that post-war archaeology even to the east of the Iron Curtain followed the trajectory from culture-history paradigm to processualism and onwards. It also testifies to the situation in the social sciences under the Communist regime and the ambiguous role of Marxist philosophy.

Keywords

archaeological paradigmsprocessual archaeologyhistory of archaeologyCzech Republic
Type
Interview
Information
Archaeological Dialogues , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , June 2012 , pp. 3 - 28
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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References

References – selected works of Evžen Neustupný

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