From primitivism to a contemporary view of pre-history. A new tale

The essay focuses on the implications for received classical concepts of social and techno- logical evolution, the distinction between foragers and farmers, simple versus complex, egalitarian versus hierarchical, and the dominant narratives of the modern world. The major aim of this essay is to find a common ground for history and archaeology, to examine historical and theoretical questions in a dialogue between the present and the past, and to explore unifying themes that cut across chronology and address historical narratives.