Abstract
Review Article
Dan Hicks
Improvement: What Kind of Archaeological Object is it? A Review Article
Journal of Field Archaeology 33 (2008) 111--116
In this review article, Dan Hicks works through the approach to "the
archaeology of improvement" adopted in the book The Archaeology of
Improvement in Britain, 1750--1850 (2007) by historical
archaeologist Sarah Tarlow. Tracing the Interpretive Critique of
traditional British post-medieval archaeology, the review considers the
implications of the book's approach to archaeological practice,
especially in relation to materiality, historiography, and geography.
Using the volume as a point of entry for taking stock of the
significance and limitations of this Interpretive Critique, Hicks calls
for a decentring of the Britishness in British historical archaeology.
Volume 33 Number 1 (Spring 2008)
Table of Contents
Main Author Listing
List of Indices
JFA Home Page
Maintained by Al B. Wesolowskyabw@bu.edu
http://www.bu.edu/jfa
©Journal of Field Archaeology All rights reserved.
Last modified: 21 May 2008