Archaeology as Social Engagement

This chapter considers archaeology as a realm of social and collective action. It considers how archaeologists come together to form associations while maintaining wide diversity, archaeology as a profession, and the creation and significance of the global archaeological community. It examines—returning to issues first raised in Chaps. 1 and 3 —how the archaeological community is constructed to include particular kinds of people and exclude others, and the different ways in which outsiders are seen. It reveals the wider role of archaeology in modern society.