2nd September 2011, 03:43 PM
given that prehistoric archaeology at least is constrianed by a condition of vector probability or guesswork and that process and deposition enact a form of marchov chain, whereby discrete events may only be influenced by the immediately preceding event but not the entire chain (as in monument composition), the archaeological record must surely be a stochastic simile of the agencies in question. meaning is our quest and function is a mere bagatelle
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers