TY - BOOK AU - Wallace,Sandra TI - Contradictions of archaeological theory: engaging critical realism and archaeological theory T2 - Critical realism--interventions SN - 9780415591270 (hbk.) PY - 2011/// CY - Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon PB - Routledge KW - Archaeology KW - Philosophy KW - Contradiction KW - Critical realism N1 - 'Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada'--T.p. verso; Includes bibliographical references and index; Archaeological theory -- Philosophy and archaeology -- Critical realism as critique of Western philosophy -- Critical realism as philosophical underlabourer -- Diversity and impasse in current archaeological theorising -- The contradictions of archaeological theory -- The material in archaeological theory -- Critical realism, the material, and absence -- Time, scale, and the ontology of the material -- Conclusions, implications, and further research ER -