Archeologists are ... coming to appreciate that there are different pasts that can be (re)constructed. Anglo-American archeology has been largely defined within a male-oriented and capitalist society, but alternative interpretations are emerging ... [N]o-one seems yet to have escaped from the various dimensions that define Western thought. We are either a Romantic, or we are Enlightened. We see structure, or we see process. We believe in progress or a steady state, internal or external causality, gradual or abrupt change. The history of archeology consists of the reworking of these and related themes. Perhaps it is time to step back-—or, rather, step down-—and admit that none of us has a privileged perspective. We simply wear different shades.
Douglas K. Charles. 1992 Shading the past. American Anthropologist 94(4):919.
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Anglo-American archeology has been largely defined within a male-oriented and capitalist society, but alternative interpretations are emerging. No-one seems yet to have escaped from the various dimensions that define Western thought. Perhaps it is time to step back--or, rather, step down--and admit that none of us has a privileged perspective. We simply wear different shades. Douglas K. Charles
