In this paper there are some thoughts addressing issues of the future of archaeology that are especially dear to my heart, including questions of who sets research agendas, dissemination of archaeological knowledge, multiscalar interpretation of archaeological data, celebrating the ambiguity of the archaeological record, and putting the dialogic nature of archaeological research into practice as the dominant form of its dissemination. These would push archaeology towards a discipline whose boundaries are fluidly defined, flowing into other disciplines easily, driven by sensorially rich and complex lateral thinking and playful exploratory imagination. A discipline that defies categorization as either ‘humanist’ or ‘scientific’ but is nevertheless grounded in empirical data.

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对更丰富、更全面和更复杂的未来考古的恳求

在这篇论文中，有一些关于考古学未来问题的想法是我特别珍视的，包括谁来制定研究议程、考古知识的传播、考古数据的多尺度解释、庆祝考古记录的模糊性以及将考古研究的对话性质付诸实践，作为其传播的主要形式。这些将推动考古学走向边界清晰、易于流入其他学科、由感官丰富和复杂的横向思维和有趣的探索性想象力驱动的学科。一门拒绝归类为“人文主义”或“科学”但仍以经验数据为基础的学科。