Time, agency and the Anthropocene

• Autores: Asa R. Randall
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 90, Nº 350, 2016, págs. 516-517
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The Anthropocene is here, but do we need the Anthropocene, and if so, when do we want it to start? My responses are �no� and �never� if the answers to those questions require a discrete definition of the Anthropocene and a specific start date. In that regard, I agree generally with Braje's arguments. Particularly unsettling in Anthropocene discourse (in archaeology or geology) has been the search for discernable origins in the form of golden spikes, and I am suspicious of even setting the Holocene as an Anthropocene equivalent. That stated, archaeology can and should continue to contribute to interdisciplinary Anthropocene dialogues.