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  - :linguistics
  - :history
- Systems
  - overview
  - :epistemology
  - :phenomenology
  - :hermeneutics
  - :deconstruction
  - :semiotics
- Trends
  - overview
  - .processual
  - .postprocessual
  - :cognitive
  - .agency
  - .site formation
  - :developm. architecture
  - .built environment
  - .ethno‑archaeology
  - .broken traditions
- Postulates
  - :overview
  - :archaeology
  - :coherence
  - :meaning
  - :value
  - :objectivity
  - :factuality
  - :categorization
  - :distribution
  - perception
- Archaeology
  - overview
  - :theory
  - :history
  - :definition
  - stratigraphy
  - broken traditions
  - :site physiognomy
- Publishing
  - principles
  - :documentary
  - :synthetic
  - :impressionistic
  - communication
  - primary data
  - visual display
  - forms of comm.
    - :1.printed
    - :2.electronic
    - :3.browser
    - 4.video & film
    - 5.signage
  - modes of comm.
    - :1.data [documentary]
    - :2.argument [synthetic]
    - :3.narrative [impressionistic]
  - :the practice
  - :the Urkesh project
- Digital thought
  - Overview
  - 1.concepts
  - 2.non-contiguity
  - 3.discontinuity
  - 4.non-linearity
  - 5.histor.perspective
  - 6.digital text
  - 7.digital narrative
  - 8.digital reading
  - 9.digital publishing
  - :10.examples
  - :11.grammar
  - 12.automation
  - :13.perception
  - .data bases
  - .statistics
  - .virtual reality

:TECHNIQUES & METHODS
- TECHNIQUES
  - :Excavation tools
  - Measurements
    - control points
  - Dirt evacuation
    - .rails
    - .cablecar
    - conveyor belt
    - sifters
  - Photography
    - .cameras
    - .kite
    - .ladders
    - .cables
  - Computers
    - .network
    - .peripherals
    - .WWW
- :METHODS: EXCAVATION
  - Retrieval
    - .strategy
    - .practice
    - .theory
    - .geophys. survey
  - Recording
    - .tools
    - .grammar
    - .format
    - .programs
  - Stratigraphy
    - :emplacement
    - :deposition
    - :function
    - .statistics
    - .simulations
- :METHODS: ANALYSIS
  - Manufacturing
    - :architecture
    - .clay
    - .metal
    - .stone
  - Typology
    - .attributes
    - .iconography
    - .style
    - .architecture
    - .epigraphy
    - .glyptic
    - figurines
    - .other objects
  - History
    - .chronology
    - .ethnicity
    - .ethnography
    - .institutions
  - Environment
    - .geography
    - .geomorphology
    - .zoology
    - .botany
    - .petrology

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