16th October 2010, 06:48 AM
(This post was last modified: 16th October 2010, 06:49 AM by kevin wooldridge.)
Sparky Wrote:Ahem....But as you say PP is plurarity of many approaches, it makes it easy to disprove some than others, particularly those where evidence is scant and fairy tales are great.
I like contributions that begin 'Ahem', ..... (much in the same way that Vulpes quoting Blake might like to finish his contribution 'Amen')..... I think I might adopt both for all my subsequent meanderings....
Ahem....surely one of the points of accepting a post-processual view is that you learn to live with 'pluralism' and don't feel either the need or inclination to prove or disprove. Which kind of neatly brings us back to my original criticism of 'Sensible Archaeology' - why hinder oneself with a straightjacket of conventionalism which (as the originator of the thread has shown) eventually runs out of steam as well as saddling your premise with a whole load of implied and probably unwanted baggage. Surely archaeology is a broad church that should be able to embrace both diversity and quirkiness ......Amen
With peace and consolation hath dismist, And calm of mind all passion spent...