Open AccessBeing on the Inside, Forgetting to Look Out: The Need for a Historical Archaeology of Global Relevance
Author(s) -
Gunhild Eriksdotter,
Jonas Monié Nordin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
current swedish archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.256
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2002-3901
pISSN - 1102-7355
DOI - 10.37718/csa.2011.10
Subject(s) - forgetting , relevance (law) , nationalism , field (mathematics) , history , archaeology , sociology , anthropology , environmental ethics , political science , philosophy , law , politics , linguistics , mathematics , pure mathematics
Historical archaeology in Scandinavia is an expand- ing field, but despite its global nature, the discipline is trapped in methodological nationalism. The early modern and modern societies are generally studied us- ing the current national borders even though the ma- terial culture should not be constrained in this way. By illustrating with both theoretical and empirical ex- amples, the objective of this paper is to bring about a greater awareness of the global nature of the material culture and the interactions that took place between peoples in Europe and beyond.