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Ontology, World Archaeology, and the Recent Past

Five years ago, Harrison argued that the modernist trope of archaeology-asexcavation no longer served the discipline well.1 Instead, Harrison suggested that we invest in the trope of archaeology-as-surface-survey. Excavation presents archaeological practice as peeling back superimposed layers to reveal their hidden origins. The risk of this search for origins is that it occludes, or at least marginalizes, contributions to an unrealized present as well as opportunities to recognize the past still present, visible, and active in our world. For Harrison, the archaeology of the contemporary world offers a challenge