Breaking the "great curse of archaeology". Editorial preface

European Association of Archaeologists, 2020

Some personal reflections on archaeology, 25 years after the first meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists in 1995. This is a talk I gave at the online meetings of the European Association of Archaeologists in August 2020. It was part of a session convened by Felipe Criado-Boado and Kristian Kristiansen, who had been organizers of the meetings in Santiago de Compostela in 1995. They asked contributors to reflect upon 25 years of change in European Archaeology. I have been immensely influenced by the extraordinary leadership and vision of Felipe and Kristian, by the welcoming humanism of so many members of the EAA. My talk explores how we might conceive an archaeology that is centered upon community, collegiality, dialogue, in working with what remains of the past to build a better future.

Aggersborg is the largest of the Danish circular fortresses of the Viking Age. Built by the king, Harald Bluetooth, in the second half of the tenth century, it was strategically placed on the shore of the Limfjord. Together with other Danish fortifications it was intended to play a major role in the politics of northern Europe.

2019

Themes of the Annual Meeting The Annual Meeting themes, as defined by the Scientific Committee, incorporate the diversity of EAA and the multidimensionality of archaeological practice, including archaeological interpretation, heritage management and politics of the past and present. 1. Archaeological theory and methods beyond paradigms 2. Interpreting the archaeological record: artefacts, humans, and landscapes 3. Archaeology of mountainous landscapes 4. Digital archaeology, science and multidisciplinarity: new methods, new challenges 5. Archaeological heritage and museum management: future chances, future risks 6. Global change and archaeology

European Journal of Archaeology, 2002

The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of the Contemporary World, 2013