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Is single context recording the only way? - barkingdigger - 12th April 2014
Marc Berger Wrote:Maybe we should have a bajr pole
Is a "bajr pole" an olde worlde unit of measurement? }
Kinda based on a multiple of Mr Bajr's right foot? Past Horizons can sell 'em along with Bajr Rods & Bajr Perches.But I agree we do need a campaign for plain English within the English-speaking archaeology community!
Is single context recording the only way? - Marc Berger - 13th April 2014
Plane english, that's me done for
Is single context recording the only way? - kevin wooldridge - 13th April 2014
barkingdigger Wrote:But I agree we do need a campaign for plain English within the English-speaking archaeology community!Why stop at Latin? Lets also expunge our archaeological dictionary of French, German, Scandinavian, Welsh, Irish, Scots, Greek, Arabic and Persian at the same time.....Ug ug uf ug uu ug......@&^..
Is single context recording the only way? - Marc Berger - 14th April 2014
Most of those languages are still alive and we can argue with the interpreters over the right meaning. Classists have been dredging up terms like Terra sigillata and spraying them around sticking it all over the place. I think that every time I hear a latinish term or word it always sticks in the craw. Each ones shorthand for arts Phd with the conclusion that its been wrongly applied or misunderstood. mortaria - I am still yet to find a pestle or is that a pistillum (or is it that mortatia is not a mortar-which is not used to launch rockets or stick bricks together)
Is single context recording the only way? - Jack - 15th April 2014
I think stratigraphy isn't in the English dictionary. Should we stop using that?
Could be wrong though, may have crept in
Is single context recording the only way? - Marc Berger - 15th April 2014
Not sure stratigraphy matters Jack, .
Is single context recording the only way? - pdurdin - 16th April 2014
Marc Berger Wrote:Most of those languages are still alive and we can argue with the interpreters over the right meaning. Classists have been dredging up terms like Terra sigillata and spraying them around sticking it all over the place. I think that every time I hear a latinish term or word it always sticks in the craw. Each ones shorthand for arts Phd with the conclusion that its been wrongly applied or misunderstood. mortaria - I am still yet to find a pestle or is that a pistillum (or is it that mortatia is not a mortar-which is not used to launch rockets or stick bricks together)
I would've thought Latin was entirely appropriate when dealing with Roman archaeology...assuming the words used are actually what the Romans called the stuff.
Is single context recording the only way? - barkingdigger - 16th April 2014
Hmmm. I can see the merit of names for stuff. The thing I was referring to was the spurious "academia-snobbery" babble of terminus post quem and its kin, which is just aimed at confusing the unwashed masses and reinforcing the role of elite "experts" - not exactly the way to go if archaeology really wants to be inclusive rather than exclusive. And don't even get me started on "paradigm"...
Is single context recording the only way? - Jack - 16th April 2014
Marc Berger Wrote:Not sure stratigraphy matters Jack, .
Grin, what a wonderful statement :face-stir:
Is single context recording the only way? - BAJR - 17th April 2014
Quote:terminus post quemnever come to terms with that
but then again, I can't tell you which way latter and former go up is down and left is right?