The Individuals Behind Contemporary Archaeology

Plague and Prejudice: Archaeology, COVID-19, and the Resurgence of Social Justice Movements

“…Pandemics have, as Arundhati Roy (2020) has noted, "historically… forced humans to break with the past and imagine their worlds anew". Most importantly, therefore, we hope that -whether here or elsewhere (in print, at conferences, or more informally in person as much important archaeological discourse seemingly occurs [Morel 2014;Rocks-Macqueen 2016])these conversations do occur across our disciplines which we feel have much to offer in these debates, and that the profoundly ambiguous experience we shared for some two years during the COVID-19 pandemic can stimulate new and innovative perspectives on human societies past, present and future.…”