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The past is now – an interview with Anders Högberg

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2017

Cornelius Holtorf
Cornelius Holtorf*
Affiliation:
University of Kalmar, Sweden
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Abstract

Anders Högberg is a Swedish archaeologist whose research offers an original perspective on prehistoric flint technology but he has also been directing some innovative projects in archaeological teaching and learning. In this interview I am exploring some of the ideas that have been guiding his work in both realms. Although part of the interview is about work conducted in the past, equal weight is given to new opportunities and developments that affect the future of archaeology. Anders Högberg's ideas cannot be said to be typical or representative for any larger community, but he is operating in very specific historic circumstances that are shared to a greater or lesser extent by many other archaeologists living and working today. This interview documents the particular views on material culture, public archaeology, and the field of archaeology more generally that were held by one European archaeologist in 2008.

Keywords

archaeological pedagogiescontract archaeologycultural heritageflint knappingmaterial culturepublic archaeologyScandinavian prehistory
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Articles
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European Journal of Archaeology , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , 2007 , pp. 7 - 22
Copyright
Copyright © 2008 Sage Publications 

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