1st Edition

Conversations about Time

By Gavin Lucas, Laurent Olivier Copyright 2022
130 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

130 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

130 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book presents a conversation between two prominent archaeologists who have been exploring the concept of time in their discipline for several decades. It is a discussion on key issues of time in archaeology filtered through their unique perspectives, which sometimes meet and at other times, clash. Key features include discussions on the nature of change and time in the archaeological... Read more

List of Figures; List of Tables; Prologue; Chapter 1. In the Beginning; Chapter 2. Life after Cambridge; Chapter 3. The Past; Chapter 4. The Present; Chapter 5. The Future; Chapter 6. Time Out; Epilogue; Index.

Biography

Gavin Lucas is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Iceland. His main research interests lie in archaeological method and theory and the archaeology of the modern world. His most recent books include Writing the Past (2019) and Making Time (2021), both also published by Routledge.

Laurent Olivier is Chief Curator of the Celtic and Gallic Department of the National Museum of Archaeology at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France. His main research interests are in archaeological history and theory and Iron Age archaeology. His most recent books include Le Pays des Celtes: mémoires de la Gaule (2018) and César contre Vercingétorix (2019).