Wicked Problems for Archaeologists

Can archaeologists help solve the 'Wicked Problems' that the world faces, such as climate change, conflict resolution, and social injustice? This book suggests that they can, but that it requires them to think about archaeology in an entirely new way.

John Schofield is a Professor in the Archaeology Department at the University of York (UK). Following a PhD at Southampton University, John spent 21 years with English Heritage (now Historic England) before being appointed to the University of York in 2010, going on to serve as Head of Archaeology. John holds adjunct positions at Griffith and Flinders universities (Australia), and is Docent at the University of Turku (Finland). John is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, a Corresponding Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and Member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists.

- Preface
- 1: Wicked Problems
- 2: Climate Change
- 3: Environmental Pollution
- 4: Health and Wellbeing
- 5: Entanglement
- 6: Social Injustice
- 7: Conflict
- 8: Transformations
- Some Questions for Book-group Discussions, Essays and Exams
- Bibliography