Title: Marxism and capitalism in historical archaeology
Abstract: Marx's theory of capitalism has found its strongest following in Anglo-American archaeology among those scholars who study the modern world. Currently Marxists represent a major school of thought in historical archaeology in North America, the United Kingdom, and Australia. This should not be surprising because Marx's analysis of class is plainly applicable to the deep-seated class exploitation found in the modern history of the West. Moreover, archaeologists studying capitalism are themselves embedded in capitalist class relations. These archaeologists define historical archaeology as the archaeology of capitalism (Leone and Potter 1999). Contemporary historical archaeologists working in the Marxist tradition have by and large rejected a 'totalising' notion of Marxism: they instead use class and Marxist analyses as entry points for studies that also consider race, gender, and ethnicity as loci of oppression.
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-10-26
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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