Current archaeological thought evokes a sparking Catherine wheel: spinning fireworks that detonate light, colour, and sound with every movement. These theoretical turns swirl alongside the ongoing development and adoption of scientific and digital techniques that have wide-ranging implications for archaeological practices and interpretations. Two particularly combustible developments are posthumanism and the ontological turn, which emerged within the broader humanities and social sciences. Posthumanism rejects human exceptionalism and seeks to de-centre humans in archaeological discourse and practice. Linked to this is the so-called ‘ontological turn’ (aka the ‘material turn’), a shift away from framing archaeological research within a Western ontology and a movement beyond representationalism (i.e. focusing on things themselves rather than assuming that objects represent something else).

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人类、超人类、后人类数字考古学：简介

当前的考古学思想唤起了一个闪闪发光的凯瑟琳轮：旋转的烟花随着每一个动作而引爆光、颜色和声音。这些理论转折伴随着科学和数字技术的不断发展和采用，这些技术对考古实践和解释具有广泛的影响。两个特别可燃的发展是后人文主义和本体论转向，它们出现在更广泛的人文和社会科学中。后人文主义拒绝人类例外论，并寻求在考古话语和实践中去中心化人类。与此相关的是所谓的“本体论转向”（又名“物质转向”），即从西方本体论框架内的考古研究的转变和一场运动超过再现主义（即关注事物本身，而不是假设对象代表其他事物）。