Abstract
In exploring the possibilities of reflexivity in the Cultural Resource Management archaeology in Sweden, a comparison is made between the excavation at Çatalhöyük in Turkey and an excavation at Burlöv in Malmö, Sweden. The former, a large-scale research project that aims at implementing post-processual ideas, differs in many ways from the latter, which is part of a large-scale rescue project, Öresundsförbindelsen. There are also similarities, and in different ways reflexivity seems to be achieved in both cases.
Highlights
What is happening in Swedish archaeology today? Like everything else, the discipline of archaeology changes with a changing environment
We have seen several consequences of these demands in the last few years, for instance the large projects in Cultural Resource Management (CRM) archaeology in southern Sweden and the government bill stating that CRM archaeology should be considered part of a research process
S»'ectiet& A&clroeoloav in Pe&specnve consistent, and their aim is perhaps to achieve a more efficient archaeology, not a more reflexive one. With this account of my personal experiences of the research project in Catalhöyuk and CRM archaeology in Sweden, have I answered the question of the possibilities of reflexivity? Is there a reflexive archaeology? In CatalhöyCik? In Sweden? I think the answer has to be 'yes'
Summary
What is happening in Swedish archaeology today? Like everything else, the discipline of archaeology changes with a changing environment. They tum out to be the outline of a small work road needed by the motorway builders They need to transport soil and building material across the area and they are wondering when we are finished digging so they can have access to this specific area. I walk down to my colleagues who are working in an area consisting of a slope down to a wet area just north of the site They have just finished excavating two round features that we thought resembled Mesolithic huts when they were first exposed. At the end of the afternoon the person surveying features with the total station is finished and we make the transition in the computer to a CAD program and today's work becomes visible on the screen It looks as if there is some sort of structure in a group of postholes, which we haven't seen before. The work day is done and it is nice to leave our muddy work clothes in the cabin as we leave the site and go home
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