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Dissertation

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Dissertation Introduction

I. The Problem

@ CHAPTER 1: World Heritage and the Inheritance of World Archaeology

And heritage for all! . . .But what is "heritage"?

Heritage and the endowment of an archaeological problem: edicts, ethics and the ‘external mandate’

Heritage: Epistemology not ethics

Heritage's future

@CHAPTER 2: The Spell of Representation in Archaeological Reasoning

Introduction

The spell of representation in archaeological Inquiry

‘Traditional’ archaeology and initial introspection

‘New’ archaeology and explicit reasoning

Interpretive archaeology and new importation

@CHAPTER 3: The Archaeological Sensibility as Pragmatic Sensibility: Mediation

Introduction: epistemology and archaeology – disinvestiture of a modernist inheritance

(Hyper)Pluralism in the discipline, a case of epistemic dispersion

Epistemic settlements: 'relative objectivity'

Epistemic settlements: 'partial and contingent objectivity'

Epistemic settlements: 'guarded objectivity'

Epistemic settlements: ‘mitigated objectivism’

Dispersal - hyperpluralism in archaeology

Trigger’s ‘moderate relativism’ as unification: pragmatic justification

Dispelling representation - the pragmatic sensibility

Dispelling representation - mediation as practice

Chapter 3 conclusions

II. The History

@CHAPTER 4: The Past Was Never No Longer: Teotihuacan Maps as Gathering of Associations

Introduction: mapping associations of Teotihuacan

Merging myth and material metaphor in maps

Systematic mapping and urbanization studies of Teotihuacan

Map matters for persisting populations

Mercurial maps and pragmatic goals

Maps for modernity

Chapter 4 conclusions

@CHAPTER 5: Taking 'Yahoo!s' Seriously: New Media and the Platform Shift in Cultural Heritage

Chapter introduction

Cultural (digital) Heritage

New media matters

Wiki work

Media(Works) and the new cultural heritage logic of mixing

III. The Case Study

@CHAPTER 6: Inheritage: Design and Analytical Methods of a Case Study

Statistical survey introduction

Statistical survey

Questionnaire design

Explanatory concepts

Coding

Factor analysis

Unidimensionality and reliability

Sampling Strategy

Design and analytical methods synopsis

@CHAPTER 7: Inheritage: a Case Study of Teotihuacan’s Contemporary Associations

Teotihuacan as gathering

Archaeological associations

Heritage associations

Diversion associations

Economic associations

Spiritual associations

Conclusion: multiple associations of Teotihuacan

Data Synopsis

IV. Conclusions

Dissertation Conclusions

@List of Figures

@List of Tables

@Appendix 1

@Appendix 2

@Appendix 3

@Endnotes

@Dissertation References

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Digital Archive

@Geographical Location of Teotihuacan

@Teotihuacan Statistical Survey

@Overview of Statistical Survey

@Questionnaires/Cuestionarios - English/Español

@Descriptive Statistics

@Official Documents

@'TeotihuaWalmart'

@Statistical Resources

@Link to Podcasts of interviews

@Link to video and audio footage

@FieldNotes

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