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6th September 2011, 06:49 PM
P Prentice Wrote: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
ah, so you're probably not a good person to get trapped in conversation with 7 or 8 pints into Friday night then? :0
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6th September 2011, 07:13 PM
(This post was last modified: 6th September 2011, 07:42 PM by Wax.)
I have recently had great fun, armed with a dictionary, putting P Ps posts back in to plain English. I was hoping a "fallacious orthodoxy" was something more risqu? than a " Mistaken theory (or belief). Now to find out what a marchov chain is. Yup I am ignorant but at least I know it.
Could not find Marchov but found Markov. Spoke to a tame mathematician who's comments I cannot possibly repeat
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6th September 2011, 08:37 PM
to the thread starter...........you could do a lot worse than read this MA-dissertation by a guy called Oliver Harris. Its quite a long read, but as far joining certain interpretative dots is concerned, its one of the better studies on causewayed enclosures in recent years. It should certainly dispel any notions about defensive properties
Performative practice: identity and agency at the causewayed enclosures of Windmill Hill and Etton
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http://www.hardav.co.uk/MA%20-%20HTML/contents.htm
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7th September 2011, 11:19 AM
Wax Wrote:I have recently had great fun, armed with a dictionary, putting P Ps posts back in to plain English. I was hoping a "fallacious orthodoxy" was something more risqu? than a " Mistaken theory (or belief). Now to find out what a marchov chain is. Yup I am ignorant but at least I know it.
Could not find Marchov but found Markov. Spoke to a tame mathematician who's comments I cannot possibly repeat
well at least you know what a bagatelle is now
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers
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7th September 2011, 12:35 PM
Some sort of pasta?
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7th September 2011, 12:58 PM
Quote:I have recently had great fun, armed with a dictionary, putting P Ps posts back in to plain English.
The 'P' stands for pretentious!
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7th September 2011, 12:58 PM
Quote:Some sort of pasta?
Nah, it's bread innit?
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7th September 2011, 01:04 PM
cwmbrancity Wrote:to the thread starter...........you could do a lot worse than read this MA-dissertation by a guy called Oliver Harris. Its quite a long read, but as far joining certain interpretative dots is concerned, its one of the better studies on causewayed enclosures in recent years. It should certainly dispel any notions about defensive properties
Performative practice: identity and agency at the causewayed enclosures of Windmill Hill and Etton
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http://www.hardav.co.uk/MA%20-%20HTML/contents.htm
Not finished reading it yet............but a warning that certain 'socially biased neolithic archaeologists' haven't fully taken on board yet. Don't interpret the world based on the evidence from a single (or two) sites.
Hence the neolithic bias towards everything being ritual and the people being nomadic.
There are plenty of houses, fields and settlements elsewhere in the country.
But saying that, looking forward to reading the dissertation
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7th September 2011, 01:21 PM
Jack Wrote:Hence the neolithic bias towards everything being ritual and the people being nomadic.
There are plenty of houses, fields and settlements elsewhere in the country.
there are some buildings - but are they houses?
where are the settlements and fields?
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers
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7th September 2011, 05:15 PM
P Prentice Wrote:well at least you know what a bagatelle is now
Knew what one of those was when I was five, my aunty had one, played with it until it lost it's balls and the pins fell out.
