ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses some of the characteristic of supermodern spatiality: the extraordinary expansion of anthropogenic space; growing spatial impoverishment, which occurs at different levels—horizontally, vertically and temporally—and has a very physical dimension; the proliferation of ephemeral space, which is associated with both dominant and counterhegemonic practices; the creation of new, durable barriers and border zones, and the spread of leftover and empty places, which are particularly amenable to archaeological scrutiny. The chapter ends on a positive note with an exploration of ways in which archaeology, like art, can counteract spatial impoverishment by re-enchanting space and remaking place.
