The Languages of Archaeology

This volume provides the first critical examination of the relationship between archaeology and language, analysing the rhetorical practices through which archaeologists create representations of the past.

Introduction. 1 Introducing the First Voice: Rosemary Joyce. 2 Writing the Field of Archaeology: Rosemary Joyce and Robert W. Preucel. 3 Dialogues Heard and Unheard, Seen and Unseen: Rosemary Joyce. 4 A Second Voice: Crafting Cosmos: Jeanne Lopiparo. 5 Voices Carry Outside the Discipline: Rosemary Joyce, Carolyn Guyer, and Michael Joyce. 6 The Return of the First Voice: Rosemary Joyce. 7 Final Dialogues: Rosemary Joyce. Bibliography.