Challenge accepted... Answers for all in eight slides!

Some say I'm daring... That's why I will answer the eight questions of this year's call in eight sentences and eight slides. Basically all of them are about what we understand as archaeology, so this will be the starting point of my presentation, trying to offer some light to a debate that is taking too long. In sum, paraphrasing Marx: Archaeologists debate a lot about what archaeology can be, now is time do it.Peer reviewe

Review: Empowering communities through archaeology and heritage

Peter G GouldBloomsbury, 2018978-1-3500-3622-2182 page

¿Nuevos caminos para el futuro de la arqueología pública?

Writing about the future when the present keeps changing at a dramatic pace can be complicated. Public archaeology is based upon a simple (non)definition that offers infinite possibilities for its development. However, there are a series of themes and practices that have now become standardised and require reexamination. Still, we can continue building new paths, and this paper will try to offer some brief notes on those I consider most pressing.Hablar de futuro cuando el presente sigue sucediendo a un ritmo vertiginoso puede resultar complicado. La arqueología pública se sustenta sobre una (in)definición sencilla que abre infinidad de posibilidades para su desarrollo. Sin embargo, hay una serie de temáticas y prácticas que se han normativizado y requieren un poco más de reflexión. Sobre ellas, podemos seguir construyendo nuevos caminos y este artículo tratará de ofrecer algunos breves apuntes sobre los que considero más acuciantes

Editorial: 2021, a new decade starts

We have just celebrated ten years of open access public archaeology, and now we carry on with our venture. Volume 11 brings with it a new layout and format, as well as a new timing for publication. Since our inclusion in Scopus, improving quality goes in hand with the improvement of publication time. This is why, from now on (although this year is still a transitional period), volumes will open in January and close in October, with articles being published when they are ready. We are also starting a new section for shorter articles, aimed at the reporting of projects or ideas with a more formal format than our section Points of You, which will continue to retain its op-ed style. Of course, the philosophy does not change. We want to continue to be an opportunity of wider accessibility for authors and readers, and to continue exploring the physical and thematic frontiers of the discipline

The Past is a Horny Country: Porn Movies and the Image of Archaeology

Do you watch porn? Most people lie when answering this question.The pornographic industry would not be as big as it is if nobodyconsumed it. As with other cultural expressions, archaeology andthe past are also represented in porn movies, affecting the publicimage of our discipline as it does advertising, literature, or cinema.This paper explores and analyses the multiple references to thepast and our profession found within the context of pornographicmovies and other erotic products, highlighting the potential ofpornography as another tool for informal education