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Introduction:
An Ontological Turn for Archaeology? Novel Perspectives on Material, Practical, Political and Reflexive Engagements

by Gianpiero Di Maida and Martin Porr

DOI: 10.54799/YTRQ8904

Highlights:

The authors argue that archaeology should be an active contributor to the theoretical development, not a borrower, which means challenging and refining ontological debates instead of simply importing them from anthropology.

The piece also emphasizes that archaeology should not simply be perceived as a discipline focused on the past, but that it is an important driver of our modern ways of thinking about time, memory, humanity and the world around us.

Publications of the issue focus on various topics: from the cognitive abilities of Neanderthals and Upper Palaeolithic art to multispecies relations. Nevertheless, they all represent 'ontology in practice' – how ontological assumptions shape archaeological methods, heritage work, interpretations and power relations in the present.

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