Debate on different archaeologies and interpretations of the past takes place on varying scales, from the local to the regional and the international. It might be argued that factors such as the expansion of the means of communication (e.g., the use of English as the international language, international educational exchanges, the development of organizations such as the World Archaeological Congress and the European Association of Archaeologists, the availability of more publication outputs, the expansion in the use of digital technologies and the Internet) have enabled debate to the point that we can make claims for a “global” archaeology. In other words, we are now partners in a twenty-first century profession rather than members of different, unequal, regional traditions (for the latter concept, see Trigger & Glover 1981).
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