No srsly Commercial Archaeology Sucks The debate thread

[mididoctors]

Of course it's a loaded question, but until robots carry out excavations (goodbye jobs) then there is always going to be some presumptions made beforehand. We do not approach the site in a vacuum, just as biologists don't, it's called evidence and debate.

I simply can't tell what you are suggesting should happen instead.

well you have hit the proverbial nail on the head because the facts vs truth or evidence and debate is built in

we both agree

secondly we both agree that assumptions are brought to process

would you agree these unstated assumptions need to be highlighted and questioned? flagged up?

or should they be left alone?

the problem is these unstated assumptions also include assumptions about how the data should be analysed (which is where the context sub context part comes in but leave that for latter where an easy to understand real world example will be presented)

for now do you agree?

think about it for an hour or so I have to do something

this is not a discussion i can make my point in one post without steering you through a path where you understand what it is I am trying to say... if you did you would have it from the first post.... thats just the nature of communication.

its not some sort of attack