ABSTRACT
In this chapter I want to present a case study that illustrates many of the themes I have been discussing in the previous three chapters. This is not necessarily an easy task as some material and contexts are better for discussing some issues more than others, so this study will by no means cover everything. Indeed, I have deliberately chosen a rather ordinary subject in the hope that the reader will appreciate how the concept of time in archaeology can be perceived and addressed with any archaeological material. Many of the other cases studies quoted or discussed elsewhere in this book may certainly provide better examples of specific themes in relation to time, and the reader is encouraged to read these first hand. Thus, in this chapter, I simply want to dissect a ‘typical’ archaeological example under a temporal lens, to expose as fully as possible how the concept of time is implicated in all stages of the archaeological process and interpretation of the past.
