Michael Schiffer on what’s wrong with archaeological theory

… many anthropological archaeologists still believe that we must infer social organization as cultural anthropologists construe it. Thus we continue to follow their theoretical fads. And we hope in vain that cultural anthropologists might actually notice—perhaps even cite—our work (when pigs fly)1.

  1. Archaeology as anthropology: where did we go wrong?  The SAA Archaeological Record, 11(4):22  (2011)
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