Metaphors are thus the very medium and outcome of our analy… - Christopher Tilley

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Metaphors are thus the very medium and outcome of our analysis.

Christopher Tilley

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Chris Tilley is a British archaeologist and Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology at University College London, known for his contributions to post-processualist archaeological theory.

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Alternative Names: Chris Tilley • Christopher Yates Tilley • Chris Y. Tilley • Christopher Y. Tilley • Chris Yates Tilley

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When we link things metaphorically we recognise similarity in difference, we think one thing in terms of attributes of another.

Discourse occurs at the silent level of the artefact and is continuously presenced in the world as such. It is a discourse which is not, and cannot be, articulated in speech.

To be human is to think through metaphors.

Metaphors are thus the very medium and outcome of our analysis. - Christopher Tilley

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