11th October 2011, 06:58 PM
Jack Wrote:Right on Gnomey
Anyone who thinks archaeology isn't a science doesn't understand what science is.
An observation by a single person is merely a personal opinion, not science - pretty much all archaeological recording comes under that heading, where to draw that boundary between layers on a section drawing, where to measure the width of the pit...as Jack well knows I've long since leart to go back to the drawings for dimensions, it's scary how often and how much those written on the context sheets differ....almost all archaeology is subjective rather than objective, would be nice if it was the other way around, then we might just get taken more seriously by other 'scientists'? And people on TV really don't help....