Sentient Conceptualizations: Feeling and Thinking in the Scientific Understanding of Time

Sentient Conceptualizations considers how scientists studying the past have understood time in relation to space, focusing on the relationship between experience and conceptualization. It represents an anthropological attempt to comprehend how archaeologists and those working in related disciplines develop expert knowledge in heterogeneous environments. Simonetti argues that the particular ways in which depths and surfaces are encountered have a major influence on how time and space are conceptualized. He draws on ethnographic work carried out with Chilean and Scottish archaeologists on a range of prehistoric sites and provides in-depth historical analysis in exploring understandings of time.