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

Epistemics. Acquiring knowledge

Disentangling the matrix

Giorgio Buccellati – October 2025

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Archaeology at the core

     These two images illustrate the complexity of the process which we call "disentangling." The image to the right shows a succession of strata, some 20 meters in height, corresponding to a time period of a millennium.
     The image below highlights the contrast between the overall scope of the excavation and the care with which the "matrix" must be confronted.