Stewart Stremler wrote:
But in the end, it's all just Just-So stories. May be true, may not, but you can't really KNOW.
Archaeology is no longer a sufficiently monolithic field for you to make a blanket statement like that.
Yes, there is much about archaeology that attempts to probe sociological and psychological constructs of the age. That is mostly weak science, at best, not necessarily because of archaeology but beacause sociology and psychology are often weak science.
However, some of the most fascinating and scientific archaeology occurs when they try to examine the engineering of the day. Finally understanding Damascus steel, figuring out that the Pyramids are aligned by the stars, rebuilding triremes, braving the ocean in small outriggers, examining the DNA of people, etc. I find these *fascinating*. They are also very much hard science.
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