METHODOLOGY \PRINCIPLES \ Philosophy \ 311her
1: G. Buccellati, November 2004

Hermeneutics

     Need to interpret scanty evidence.
     Not just in function of making sense of the “frustula”.
     But also in function of the strategy for continuing excavations.
     As a result, “myths” can become ingrained in scholarly perception.
     Importance of keeping levels of analysis (and documentation) distinct.
     Role of the Urkesh Global Record (UGR) in this respect.
     Distributional analysis ~ coherence of the whole.

     Flatland as allegory of how parameters condition our vision.
     Said Orientalism and “chiave di lettura”

     “spin” in politics as hermeneutics.
     “regime”, “dictatorship”, “democracy”

     Self-awareness and history of the discipline - see Archeology > history.

     See under preservation > scope.
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