In Things we Trust: Hybridity and the Borders of Categorization in Archaeology

The aim of the article is to question essentialist con- structions archaeological cultures with help Homi K. Bhabha’s concept hybridity. Using house urns found in central and northern Europe as a case study, hybridity presented discussed an alternative traditional archaeolog- ical concepts cultural interpretation. Hybridity, which also key postcolonial theory, offers interpretation cul- ture suggests that no culture should be seen static homogeneous. common understanding therefore informed challenged by hybridity, its construction ways understand arte- facts. Inspired I argue deserve much broader interpretations than mere manifestations difference or belonging.