Critique of Archaeological Reason
3. Notes

Notes to Chapter 7. Integrative analysis

– May 2023

7.1 A secondary typological dimension
7.2 The nature of integration
      7.2.1 Stratigraphy and typology
      7.2.2 Typologies
      7.2.3 The cost of integration
      7.2.4 Integration vs. juxtaposition
      7.2.5 Beyond extrinsicism
7.3 Integrative procedures
      7.3.1 Method and technique in relationship to the inventory
      7.3.2 An open sensitivity
7.4 Method: inventory spcific
      7.4.1 Homogenous inventories
      7.4.2 Heterogenous archaeological inventories
      7.4.3 Heterogenous non-archaeological inventories
7.5 Technique: non inventory specific
      7.5.1 Techniques as non inventory specific procedures
      7.5.2 Science and techniques
7.6 A grammatical approach to style
7.7 Two types of extra-referential integration
7.8 The role of integrative analysis within the Global Record
      7.8.1 The creation of the record
      7.8.2 The fruition of the record


7.1 A secondary typological dimension

  1. Comparative analysis, cf. Salmon 1982 Philosophy And Archaeology.

    – [ Esmeralda Agolli, August 2016]

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7.2.1 Stratigraphy and typology
  1. Figurine typology, e.g. Hauser Rick 2007 Reading.

    – [July 2016]

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7.4.1 Homogenous inventories
  1. Experimental archaeology, e.g. Hill 1978 Individuals; Outram 2008 Experimental Archaeology.

    – [ Laerke Recht, July 2016]

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7.4.2 Heterogenous archaeological inventories
  1. On the relationship between archaeology and cuneiform: Postgate 1994 Text And Figure.

    – [ Laerke Recht, August 2016]

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7.4.3 Heterogenous non-archaeological inventories
  1. Stratigraphy in geology, e.g. Herz & Garrison 1997 Geological Methods.

    – [ Laerke Recht, July 2016]

  2. Index fossils: Obrien & Lyman 2002 Seriation Stratigraphy And Index Fossils.

    – [ Laerke Recht, August 2016]

  3. Ethnoarchaeology, e.g. Politis & Saunders 2002 Ideological Activity.

    – [August 2016]

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7.5.2 Science and techniques
  1. Mishra 1999 Indian Stone Age Chronology provides a case study of what can happen to interpretation if 14C data is used without reference to other methods.

    – [ Laerke Recht, October 2015]

  2. Computer applications in archaeology, see Earl &al 2013 Archaeology Digital Era.

    – [ Laerke Recht, July 2016]

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7.6 A grammatical approach to style

  1. See Woelfflin 1915 Kunstgeschichtliche.

  2. See Sackett 1977 Meaning Of Style; Wobst 1977 Stylistic Behavior.

  3. See Buccellati G 1981 Principles.

  4. Style in archaeology, see Bernbeck 1997 Theorien (Ch. 11); Hurt & Rakita 2001 Style And Function; Panofsky 1955 Meaning (Ch. 5); Shanks & Tilley 1992 Re- Constructing (Ch. 7).

    – [ Laerke Recht, July 2016]

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