Archaeology of the Anthropocene
What role will archaeology play in the Anthropocene – the proposed new geological epoch marked by human impact on Earth systems? That is the question discussed by thirteen archaeologists and other scholars from five continents in this thought-provoking forum. Their responses are diverse and wide-ran...
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crequinoxpubl:10.1558/jca.v1.i1.73 2024-06-02T07:56:11+00:00 Archaeology of the Anthropocene Edgeworth, Matt Benjamin, Jeffrey Clarke, Bruce Crossland, Zoe Domanska, Ewa Gorman, Alice Claire Graves-Brown, Paul Harris, Edward Cecil Hudson, Mark James Kelly, Jason M. Paz, Victor Joaquin Salerno, Melisa Anabella Witmore, Christopher Zarankin, Andrés 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/jca.v1.i1.73 https://journal.equinoxpub.com/JCA/article/download/10562/12588 unknown Equinox Publishing Journal of Contemporary Archaeology volume 1, issue 1, page 73-132 ISSN 2051-3437 2051-3429 journal-article 2014 crequinoxpubl https://doi.org/10.1558/jca.v1.i1.73 2024-05-07T13:51:52Z What role will archaeology play in the Anthropocene – the proposed new geological epoch marked by human impact on Earth systems? That is the question discussed by thirteen archaeologists and other scholars from five continents in this thought-provoking forum. Their responses are diverse and wide-ranging. While Edward Harris looks to archaeological stratigraphy for a material paradigm of the Anthropocene, Alice Gorman explores the extent of human impact on orbital space and lunar surfaces – challenging the assumption that the Anthropocene is confined to Earth. Jeff Benjamin investigates the sounds of the Anthropocene. Paul Graves-Brown questions the idea that the epoch had its onset with the invention of the steam engine, while Mark Hudson uses Timothy Morton’s concept of hyperobjects to imagine the dark artefacts of the future. Victor Paz doubts the practical relevance of the concept to archaeological chronologies, and Bruce Clarke warns archaeologists to steer clear of the Anthropocene altogether, on the grounds of the overbearing hubris of the very idea of the Age of Humans. Others like Jason Kelly and Ewa Domanska regard the Anthropocene debate as an opportunity to reach new forms of understanding of Earth systems. André Zarankin and Melisa Salerno ground significant issues in the archaeology of Antarctica. And Zoe Crossland explores the vital links between the known past and the imagined future. As a discipline orientated to the future and contemporary world as well as the past, Chris Witmore concludes, archaeology in the Anthropocene will have more work than it can handle. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Equinox Publishing Hudson Gorman ENVELOPE(64.580,64.580,-70.491,-70.491) Journal of Contemporary Archaeology 1 1 73 132 |
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What role will archaeology play in the Anthropocene – the proposed new geological epoch marked by human impact on Earth systems? That is the question discussed by thirteen archaeologists and other scholars from five continents in this thought-provoking forum. Their responses are diverse and wide-ranging. While Edward Harris looks to archaeological stratigraphy for a material paradigm of the Anthropocene, Alice Gorman explores the extent of human impact on orbital space and lunar surfaces – challenging the assumption that the Anthropocene is confined to Earth. Jeff Benjamin investigates the sounds of the Anthropocene. Paul Graves-Brown questions the idea that the epoch had its onset with the invention of the steam engine, while Mark Hudson uses Timothy Morton’s concept of hyperobjects to imagine the dark artefacts of the future. Victor Paz doubts the practical relevance of the concept to archaeological chronologies, and Bruce Clarke warns archaeologists to steer clear of the Anthropocene altogether, on the grounds of the overbearing hubris of the very idea of the Age of Humans. Others like Jason Kelly and Ewa Domanska regard the Anthropocene debate as an opportunity to reach new forms of understanding of Earth systems. André Zarankin and Melisa Salerno ground significant issues in the archaeology of Antarctica. And Zoe Crossland explores the vital links between the known past and the imagined future. As a discipline orientated to the future and contemporary world as well as the past, Chris Witmore concludes, archaeology in the Anthropocene will have more work than it can handle. |
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Edgeworth, Matt Benjamin, Jeffrey Clarke, Bruce Crossland, Zoe Domanska, Ewa Gorman, Alice Claire Graves-Brown, Paul Harris, Edward Cecil Hudson, Mark James Kelly, Jason M. Paz, Victor Joaquin Salerno, Melisa Anabella Witmore, Christopher Zarankin, Andrés |
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