The second edition of An Archaeology of the Contemporary Era explores the period between the late nineteenth and twenty-first centuries and reflects on the arch

An Archaeology of the Contemporary Era approaches the contemporary age, between the late nineteenth and twenty-first centuries, as an archaeological period defi

"The second edition of An Archaeology of the Contemporary Era explores the period between the late nineteenth and twenty-first centuries and reflects on the arc

An archaeology of the contemporary era -- Ruins -- Politics -- Ethics -- Aesthetics -- Time -- Space -- Materiality -- Conclusion

The tools and techniques of archaeology were designed for the study of past people and societies, but for more than a century a growing number of archaeologists