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Evidential Reasoning in Archaeology (Paperback)
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Evidential Reasoning in Archaeology (Paperback)
Series: Debates in Archaeology
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How do archaeologists work with the data they identify as a record
of the cultural past? How are these data collected and construed as
evidence? What is the impact on archaeological practice of new
techniques of data recovery and analysis, especially those imported
from the sciences? To answer these questions, the authors identify
close-to-the-ground principles of best practice based on an
analysis of examples of evidential reasoning in archaeology that
are widely regarded as successful, contested, or instructive
failures. They look at how archaeologists put old evidence to work
in pursuit of new interpretations, how they construct provisional
foundations for inquiry as they go, and how they navigate the
multidisciplinary ties that make archaeology a productive
intellectual trading zone. This case-based approach is predicated
on a conviction that archaeological practice is a repository of
considerable methodological wisdom, embodied in tacit norms and
skilled expertise - wisdom that is rarely made explicit except when
contested, and is often obscured when questions about the status
and reach of archaeological evidence figure in high-profile crisis
debates.
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