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Geoff,
Personally, I would use "methodology" to describe everything from details of excavation to the broader research program. I would only find myself using technique to describe a particular lab method for sampling an artifact, or something of that nature (usually borrowed form another science).
But this may be one of those questions that highlights differences in cultures. The usage may be different on the other side of the pond (UK, Euro), or the other side of the world (Australia).
Meli Diamanti
Archaeological & Historical Consultants, Inc (in PA, USA)
--- On Wed, 1/19/11, geoff carver <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: geoff carver <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: method or technique
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Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2011, 4:24 PM
I've just been going through a whole pile of stuff from various sources,
some of which refer to "method" or "methodology" and elsewhere of
"technique." Some of this refers to fieldwork and some to fieldwork coupled
with a wider interpretive framework. Now: when would people speak of
technique and when of method or methodology, or are they interchangeable?
Single Context Planning Method and trowelling technique, or would the study
of everything from the way we shovel and push wheel barrows to doing
documentation and taking photos be methodology? When would people use one or
the other?
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