Yes, maybe
Then again: is archaeological data even suited to the hypothetico-deductive
methods that would allow us to study something like "capitalism" in the
first place? Especially in a CRM/rescue environment & the world of GIS & the
web, shouldn't we maybe start thinking more in terms of induction, and
trying to see what we can conclude from the data instead of trying to find
data to support our theories?
I'm ever more convinced that our data (foundations) can't support our
theoretical superstructure

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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David
Rotenstein
Sent: October 12, 2006 13:20
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Subject: Re: The continuing debate Industrial Archaeology

Rather than trying
out other disciplines' hand-me-downs in a haphazard manner, might not
archaeologists be better served leaving archaeology as a discipline behind
and taking up residence as historians, economists, geographers, etc., and
using archaeological methods to collect data and apply the theoretical tools
available within their chosen fields?