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  • 7 - The Status of Archaeological Knowledge in the Study of Status

  • from Part III - Continuity and Discontinuity
  • Edited by Paul Roscoe, Cindy Isenhour
  • Book:
    Consumption, Status, and Sustainability
    Published online:
    30 July 2021
    Print publication:
    12 August 2021, pp 171-192

  • Summary

    Narratives of the past inform all major decisions and solutions in the present social domain, but perceptions of history are often interpreted and represented from the perspective of those with the most social power and status. In order to understand status, consumption, or any other lived experiences in the past, academic research should therefore be wary of written sources. This chapter demonstrates the value of archaeology in evaluating deeply rooted assumptions that social status is inevitably linked to privileged consumption patterns by demonstrating how the modern notion of Western democracy and its links to status and consumption differs from its idealized Classical paragon.