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RAMMAR
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DITORIAL
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I
NTRODUCTION
Preface
Overview
History
Introductory
Stages
Excerpts
Critique
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Acknowledgments
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Conclusion
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PISTEMICS
P
RINCIPLES
Introductory
The system
Broken traditions
Grammar
Archaeologies
Five epistemics
1.Outer view
2.Contextual
3.Constructional
4.Antiquarian
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5.Socio-cultural
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Thucydides
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Newman
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Foucault
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The record
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Presuppositions
Closed/open
Referentiality
Perception
Objectivity
The process
Recovery
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Clustering
Interpretive trajectory
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Examples
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I
MPLEMENTATION
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Introductory
Manual & grammar
Theory & practice
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Units and areas
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Typological books
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Publishing strategy
1. Acquiring knowledge
Disentangling the matrix
S
TRATIGRAPHY
I
NTRODUCTION
The concept
Geology
Principles
Implementation
S
PACE
Emplacement
Volumetry
T
IME
Deposition
Chronometry
Structuring wholes
T
YPOLOGY
I
NTRODUCTION
The concept
Principles
Implementation
M
ORPHOLOGY
Concept
Principles
Built environment
Objects
Samples
S
EMIOTICS
Concept
Principles
Semantics
Syntax
Pragmatics
2. Organizing knowledge
C
ONSTITUENTS
Introductory
Nature
Properties
Inventory
Labeling
C
ATEGORIZATION
Principles
Main roster
Main lexicon
Special rosters
Special lexica
A
RCHIVE
S
TRUCTURE
Introductory
Folders
Sub-folders
Files
3. Conveying knowledge
Re-structuring
C
ONSERVATION
P
RESENTATION
Re-configuring
D
IGITAL
P
RINT
H
ERMENEUTICS
Heritage
Appropriation
Grammar
Maieutics
R
EFERENCES
Introduction
Topics
Grammar
Perception
Publications
Excerpts
Lectures
Re-configuring the record
From physical to referential
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A Grammar of the Archaeological Record (
Version 2
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Beta release
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Epistemics. Conveying knowledge
Re-configuring the record
Giorgio Buccellati
– March 2026
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