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Soon after I agreed to comment on the chapters in this volume Clifford Geertz died (2006) and I thought re-reading his work might provide a useful context for organizing my thoughts. Since we interpretive archaeologists are all so obviously influenced by Geertz, it seemed like a good opportunity to examine exactly how our ongoing practice reflects his ideas. I did not get very far with the re-reading project and the chapters only recently arrived on my desk making the immediacy of Geertz’s passing seem less pertinent to the task. Besides, a good deal has been written about what an interpretive archaeology
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Yamin, R. (2011). Revelations: Comments on Interpreting the Early Modern World. In: Beaudry, M., Symonds, J. (eds) Interpreting the Early Modern World. Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-70759-4_11
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