Four field anthropology and the “divorce” metaphor

By Andrew A. White. Earlier this week I saw this anonymous blog post titled “Why Archaeology Needs a Divorce from Anthropology” that seems to argue that archaeology and anthropology do not work well and play nicely together and should therefore be split apart.  The idea of “irreconcilable differences” among the sub-fields is not a new one.  I’m sure the observations in the “divorce” post resonate with a lot of people. More...