In this compendium of essays, Alsion Wylie explores how archaeologists know what they know. Examining the history and methodology of Anglo-American archaeology, Wylie puts the tumultuous debates of the 30 years from the early 1970s onwards in historical and philosophical perspective.

In this compendium of essays, Alsion Wylie explores how archaeologists know what they know. Examining the history and methodology of Anglo-American archaeology, Wylie puts the tumultuous debates of the 30 years from the early 1970s onwards in historical and philosophical perspective.