ABSTRACT

The ideas, problems and methods presented below have been inspired by the post-processual theoretical debate of the mid-eighties onwards. This discourse has been dominated by theory and has not been excessively preoccupied with the development of methodologies. Nor has it made efforts toward outlining a theory of post-processual practice. Let me tell you a tale of how a post-processualist met with the past archaeological landscapes and present rural and urban communities of a fjord-district in north-western Norway.