G
RAMMAR
Topical index
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E
DITORIAL
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Front matter
Table of contents
Current versions
I
NTRODUCTION
Preface
Overview
History
Introductory
Stages
Excerpts
Critique
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Acknowledgments
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Conclusion
E
PISTEMICS
P
RINCIPLES
Broken traditions
Archaeology
Six epistemics
Contextual
Constructional
Processual
Foucault
Grammar
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Linguistic model
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Recovery
*
The record
Closed/open
Referentiality
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Objectivity
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Perceptual range
I
MPLEMENTATION
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Introductory
Manual & grammar
Theory & practice
*
Units and areas
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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
Clustering
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
Publications
Excerpts
Lectures
Archaeology: processual
Theory and method
https://urkesh.org
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archaeology-processual
A Grammar of the Archaeological Record (
Version 2
,
Beta release
)
Epistemics. Principles
Archaeology: processual
Giorgio Buccellati
– July 2026
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Archaeology: processual
Theory and method
processual, post-processual, anthropology
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Archaeology: processual