5th October 2011, 09:16 AM
It does seem we have tied ourselves in knots in a desperate atttempt to keep things nice and clean.
Stone Age Bronze Age Iron Age... oh... more complicated?
Palaeolithic Mesolithic Neolithic... oh... more complicated?
Lower Palaeolithic Middle Palaeolithic Upper Palaeolithic oh... more complicated?
repeat ad infinitum and then multiply by non generic locational data!
Did a person living in a farm make Roman pottery? even if it looks like the previous Iron Age pottery? What is Roman Pottery? Why does it all date from 2nd-3rd century (can I be a Roman Pot specialist?) Is it cultural or regional or governmental that makes the individual Roman?
:face-huh:
Stone Age Bronze Age Iron Age... oh... more complicated?
Palaeolithic Mesolithic Neolithic... oh... more complicated?
Lower Palaeolithic Middle Palaeolithic Upper Palaeolithic oh... more complicated?
repeat ad infinitum and then multiply by non generic locational data!
Did a person living in a farm make Roman pottery? even if it looks like the previous Iron Age pottery? What is Roman Pottery? Why does it all date from 2nd-3rd century (can I be a Roman Pot specialist?) Is it cultural or regional or governmental that makes the individual Roman?
:face-huh: