Writing archaeology: site reports in context
- 1 June 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Vol. 63 (239) , 268-274
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00075980
Abstract
As it is written in site reports today, the modern language of archaeology is not a handsome tongue, efficient though it may be at conveying neutral data (another horrid word). Are there lessons to be found in the beguiling style of site reports from a couple of centuries ago? And is there more to their charm than antiquarian romance?Keywords
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