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42156

Type

chapter

Titre

The archaeologist's dilemma: on some aspects of archaeology as a 'destructive' scientific discipline

Langues

English

Auteurs

Reich, Ronny

Lieu de publication

Washington

Pays de publication

United States

Maison d'édition

ICOMOS United States

Date

1987

Pages

p. 1009-1015

Titre de la source

Old cultures in new worlds. 8th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium. Programme report - Compte rendu

Titre de conférence

ICOMOS 8th General Assembly: Old Cultures in New Worlds

Lieu de conférence

Washington D.C., United States

Date de conférence

10-15 October 1987

Mots-clés

archaeology / archaeological excavations / legislation / theory of archaeology / archaeologists

Résumé en anglais

The ancient sites in Israel, and mainly those dating aproximately to the years 3000-500 BCE, are stratified mounds, i.e. sites to where people in antiquity returned over and again, building their towns and houses on top of the ruins of their predecessors. The archaeological method of excavation of such sites is to excavate from the top of the mound downward, one stratum at the time, record its architectural components and subsequently to dismantly these remains for the excavation of the following (i.e. earlier) stratum.

URL

http://international.icomos.org/publications/wash133.pdf

Document joint

wash133.pdf

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Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)