16th March 2014, 07:10 PM
Crocodile Wrote:Pretty sure Harris discusses this in Principles, or something similar. He certainly dismisses such concepts as reverse stratigraphy. Surely the stratigraphic principles remain the same, the smoke is later than the paint which is deposited after the plaster. If the ceiling falls in onto the ash of the fire at a later point it is a new deposit which is later than the fire. I don't see what is inverted.You are absolutely right Crocodile, but it is as pointless trying to explain technical archaeology to the 'Archaeologist Formerly Known As', as it was trying to explain it to his previous incarnation.....
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