North American archaeologists must reconsider their implicit adherence to the culture history paradigm. The long-standing role of this approach to situate archaeological remains in space and time is far outweighed by the negative impacts of its underlying assumptions about the correspondence of biological and cultural groups, intragroup uniformity, discrete spatial boundaries, primordialism, and sequential change. These discredited assumptions divert attention from variability, privilege certain research questions and interpretations, hinder dialogue with other disciplines, and facilitate the misuse of archaeology for political purposes. We recommend alternative perspectives that recognize the importance of space-time context, accommodate the complexity of new suites of archaeological data, and are more consistent with what we now know about past and present social relations.

北美考古学家必须重新考虑他们对文化历史范式的隐含遵循。这种方法在空间和时间上保留考古遗迹的长期作用远不如其对生物和文化群体的对应关系，群体内部的统一性，离散的空间边界，原始主义和顺序变化的基本假设的负面影响所抵消。这些不可信的假设转移了人们对可变性的关注，对某些研究问题和解释给予了特权，阻碍了与其他学科的对话，并促进了出于政治目的对考古学的滥用。我们建议您使用其他观点，这些观点应认识到时空背景的重要性，适应新的考古数据套件的复杂性，