Wicked Problems for Archaeologists

Archaeology has the ability to travel through time and to consider contemporary phenomena in relation to the deep history of human existence. According to John Schofield, this gives archaeology nothing less than superpowers in tackling some of today's most pressing questions. In this book he shows how our knowledge of the past actually may help guide the way to a better world.

Auteur
John Schofield is a Professor in the Archaeology Department at the University of York (UK). Following a PhD at Southampton University, John spent 21 years with English Heritage (now Historic England) before being appointed to the University of York in 2010, going on to serve as Head of Archaeology. John holds adjunct positions at Griffith and Flinders universities (Australia), and is Docent at the University of Turku (Finland). John is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, a Corresponding Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and Member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists.

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Can archaeologists help solve the 'Wicked Problems' that the world faces, such as climate change, conflict resolution, and social injustice? This book suggests that they can, but that it requires them to think about archaeology in an entirely new way.