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antiquarian “management” and on the other hand critical studies in the academy. But the cultures share a focus on threats, in the first to heritage and in the second from heritage. In addition, the division between the two cultures often, albeit not always, coincides with the division between essentialism on the one hand and constructivism on the other. The managers thus see the past and the heritage as really existing, whereas the critics view the past and heritage as constructions for negotiation. I refer to the first culture as Canonical Heritage; the other calls
both formal and informal discussions within the scientific community, can be visualised as a comprehensive unit to be analysed. Although ANT utilises a wide vocabulary in order to surmount such a complex issue, its vocabulary is frequently misused and misunderstood in its application. As to avoid this pitfall, this case study has disregarded Latour’s expansive œuvre in favour of concentrating on his early work, particularly the birth of social constructivism ROBERTS 9781526134554 PRINT.indd 22 03/12/2019 08:56 How archaeological communities think23 in the post