Anthropocene

Locating Agency, Imagining the Future

Authors

  • Zoe Crossland Columbia University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jca.v1i1.123

Keywords:

anthropocene, antiquarian, future, progress, history

Author Biography

  • Zoe Crossland, Columbia University

    Zoe Crossland is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Columbia University. Her research interests lie in semiotic archaeology and archaeologies of death and the body. She has written on debates around forensic archaeological evidence, on the production of the dead body through archaeological practice, and on encounters with the dead in highland Madagascar.

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Published

2014-09-23

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Archaeology of the Anthropocene

How to Cite

Crossland, Z. (2014). Anthropocene: Locating Agency, Imagining the Future. Journal of Contemporary Archaeology, 1(1), 123-128. https://doi.org/10.1558/jca.v1i1.123