ARCHAEOLOGIES OF THE TELEORMAN VALLEY: THE CONTEMPORARY PAST AND FRAGMENTED RECORDS
ARCHAEOLOGIES OF THE TELEORMAN VALLEY: THE CONTEMPORARY PAST AND FRAGMENTED RECORDS

Summary/Abstract: How does one practice an archaeology of the Teleorman Valley? What are the correct scales of research? How precise should be the chronological scale? How precise the spatial scale? Based on the author’s collaboration with the Muzeul Judeţean Teleorman, this article examines these questions and investigates the dimensions of research in the Teleorman Valley. With a discussion of the potential for cross-period research, a comment on the fatal assumptions that underlie distribution maps of prehistoric sites in riverine landscapes, and a suggestion of the benefits of a ‘archaeology of the contemporary past’, this article proposes a multi-period and multi-disciplinary approach to an archaeology of the Teleorman Valley.

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