Book Review of Archaeology in Situ: Sites, Archaeology, and Communities in Greece, edited by Anna Stroulia and Susan Buck Sutton

Abstract

This book reflects a welcome trend—the coming together of archaeologists, anthropologists, and local communities. The trend is in part an intellectual convergence—archaeologists (following Ian Hodder) increasingly recognize the need to be reflexive, and anthropologists (following Alfred Gell, Danny Miller, and Chris Tilley) have taken an increasingly close interest in material culture. Both disciplines can gain from this dialogue and from a more constructive engagement with the communities within which they work. The book is in three parts.