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Whispers from the context of real life

Towards pluriformity in archaeology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2009

Sander E. van der Leeuw
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Abstract

‘We live in the dark, we do what we can, the rest is the madness of art.’ (Truman Capote, Music for Chameleons)

‘We must again become a people making our own history. To be able to make our own history is to be able to mould our own future, to build our society that preserves the best of our past and our traditions, while enabling us to grow and develop as a whole people.’ (Robert Andre)

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Archaeological Dialogues , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , August 1994 , pp. 133 - 164
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Copyright © The Author(s) 1994

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