A Grammar of the Archaeological Record (Version 2, Beta release)

Epistemics. Principles

The record

Giorgio Buccellati – March 2026

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Premise

grammar’s impact on publication

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Physical and referential

The term “record” applies equally to the physical remains as found in the ground and extacted from it, and to the narraitve and figurative that refers to it. I call the latter the “referential record” because it “refers” to the physical record.

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References

B 2017 Critique ch. 9 and 10

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