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An emerging perspective that sees archaeology as a continuum or network of practice. Emphasis is placed on situatedness, historicity and social contingency of archaeological work. Archaeological activities are viewed as acts of [[curation]], whereby [[mediating objects]] are selected, interpreted, engaged with, transformed and ascribed new meanings in accordance with the particular methodological approaches employed. The [[mediating objects]] derived from a set of activities may then be leveraged as viable inputs for other activities, which may produce additional sets of outputs via their own investigative processes. [[Mediating objects]] may be accessed by multiple perspectives (by virtue of their externality, portability and [[indexicality]]) and their value may vary when incorporated into different sets of activities, according to the warrants, constraints and expectations that each activity entails. The processes involved in ensuring that [[mediating objects]] are compatible between perspectives are acts of collaboration, communication and community building.

Notion of '''segmentation''' / articulation?