Archaeological Dialogues

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1380-2038 June 2011 | Vol. 18 | No. 1 Archaeological

Archaeological dialogues Archaeological dialogues editorial 1 The role of the archaeological excavation in the 21st century dialogues discussion article 5 We still have to excavate – but not at any price Jean-Paul Demoule 10 Still not digging, much John F. Cherry 18 Reflections on the archaeology of archaeological excavation Geoff Carver

26 Archaeology and the unstoppable excavation machine. June 2011 A Swedish point of view Björn Nilsson 30 A new empiricism. Excavating at the start of the 21st century Jan Kolen 41 Why excavate? A South African perspective

Ndukuyakhe Ndlovu | Vol. 18 Vol. 44 Excavation as a ground of archaeological knowledge Matt Edgeworth 46 Why excavate? Triaging the excavation of archaeological sites Ezra B.W. Zubrow | o 1 No. 48 ‘Haven’t we dug enough now?’ Excavation in the light of intergenerational equity Rick Bonnie notes 59 Processual archaeology and gender politics. The loss of innocence Rachel Pope 87 Rethinking numismatics. The archaeology of coins Fleur Kemmers and Nanouschka Myrberg review article 109 Landscape for a good feminist. An archaeological review Silvia Tomášková

137 List of contributors

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editorial 1 The role of the archaeological excavation in the 21st century

discussion article 5 We still have to excavate – but not at any price Jean-Paul Demoule 10 Still not digging, much John F. Cherry 18 Reﬂections on the archaeology of archaeological excavation Geoff Carver 26 Archaeology and the unstoppable excavation machine. A Swedish point of view Bjorn¨ Nilsson 30 A new empiricism. Excavating at the start of the 21st century Jan Kolen 41 Why excavate? A South African perspective Ndukuyakhe Ndlovu 44 Excavation as a ground of archaeological knowledge Matt Edgeworth 46 Why excavate? Triaging the excavation of archaeological sites Ezra B.W. Zubrow 48 ‘Haven’t we dug enough now?’ Excavation in the light of intergenerational equity Rick Bonnie

notes 59 Processual archaeology and gender politics. The loss of innocence Rachel Pope 87 Rethinking numismatics. The archaeology of coins Fleur Kemmers and Nanouschka Myrberg

review article 109 Landscape for a good feminist. An archaeological review Silvia Toma´skovˇ a´

137 List of contributors