Archaeology at Home - Notes on Things, Life and Time - Hein B. Bjerck
When does the Past Begin?
Archaeology at Home - Notes on Things, Life and Time - Hein B. Bjerck
Hein B. Bjerck [+]
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Hein B. Bjerck is professor in archaeology (research and teaching) at the NTNU University Museum in Trondheim. His research is focussed on early marine foraging (Marine Ventures project), and large scale excavation projects (Ormen Lange project). Bjerck is also involved in research on the recent past, and project member in Ruin Memories, After Discourse and Objects Matter.
Description
The chapter introduces the thematic scope, objectives, and the build-up of contents. The text is closely related to my career and scholarly experiences as an archaeologist, but also subjective, revealing personal thoughts on humans, time and things that are mostly left out in scientific texts. Perhaps the traditional frames for scientific publications are too restrictive?