1st Edition

Change and Archaeology

By Rachel J. Crellin Copyright 2020
266 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

266 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

266 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Change and Archaeology explores how archaeologists have historically described, interpreted, and explained change, and argues that change has been under-theorised. The study of change is central to the discipline of archaeology, but change is complex, and this makes it challenging to write about in nuanced ways that effectively capture the nature of our world. Relational approaches offer... Read more

Part I – Introduction

Chapter 1 - What is wrong with change?

Part II – How do we study change?

Chapter 2 – A changing history of archaeological thought

Chapter 3 – Changing time?

Chapter 4 – Scales of change

Chapter 5 – Changing people and things

Part III – Time for a new approach to change

Chapter 6 – Relational approaches – a better way to consider change?

Chapter 7 – Assembling change

Chapter 8 – Becoming metallic

Chapter 9 – A world in motion

Biography

Rachel J. Crellin is a lecturer in archaeology at the University of Leicester (UK). Her research interests centre on archaeological theory, especially new materialist, feminist, and posthumanist approaches to the past. She is also a specialist in the Neolithic and Bronze Age of Britain, Ireland, and the Isle of Man and a metalwork wear-analyst.