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The record
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1. Organizing knowledge
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ONSTITUENTS
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Nature
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ATEGORIZATION
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RCHIVE
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TRUCTURE
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2. Acquiring knowledge
Disentangling: the matrix
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TRATIGRAPHY
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PACE
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IME
Deposition
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Structuring: wholes
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YPOLOGY
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ORPHOLOGY
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YNTAX
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Function
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Chronology
3. Conveying knowledge
Re-structuring: select. wholes
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ONSERVATION
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RESENTATION
Re-configuring: the record
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A Grammar of the Archaeological Record (
Version 2
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Beta release
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Integrative
Function
Giorgio Buccellati
– April 2026
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