Posthumanist archaeologies have attempted to move beyond humanist conceptions of the human for over a decade. But they have done so by primarily focusing on the ontological split between humans and non-human things. This only addresses one part of humanism, as Black studies scholars have long argued that it also equates humanity writ large with white, economically privileged, cis-gendered, heterosexual men, thereby excluding everyone else from the category of the human. They further argue that the violence and oppression inflicted on those excluded from humanism's definition of the human allows this ontological category to come into being. This article introduces Black studies’ critiques of humanism and applies them to posthumanist archaeologies. Ultimately, it argues that by not attending to the critiques raised by Black studies scholars, posthumanist archaeologies have inadvertently made humanist missteps wherein they continue using elements of humanism's definition of the human in their attempts to move beyond humanism.

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人文主义的失误，黑人研究对后人文主义考古学的批判

十多年来，后人文主义考古学一直试图超越人文主义对人类的概念。但他们是通过主要关注人类和非人类事物之间的本体论分歧来做到这一点的。这仅涉及人文主义的一部分，因为黑人研究学者长期以来一直认为，它还将人类与白人、经济特权、顺性别、异性恋男性等同起来，从而将其他所有人排除在人类范畴之外。他们进一步认为，对那些被排除在人文主义对人类的定义之外的人所施加的暴力和压迫使得这一本体论范畴得以形成。本文介绍了黑人研究对人文主义的批判，并将其应用于后人文主义考古学。最终，它认为，由于没有关注黑人研究学者提出的批评，后人文主义考古学无意中犯了人文主义的错误，他们继续使用人文主义对人类的定义的元素来试图超越人文主义。