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What is less well understood by the general public is that-there have been a number of trends which have further contributed to
What is less well understood by the general public is that-there have been a number of trends which have further contributed to
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2010-11-27
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What is less well understood by the general public is that-there have been a number of trends which have further contributed to the diminishment of excavation as an activity. As Bahn puts it "there have been two major trends over time: first, excavation has become far slower and more painstaking....The work is incredibly meticulous...Secondly, we can learn far more from what we have". The conclusions to be drawn from this would appear to be contradictory.
As technology improves we are able to undertake a wide variety of analysis from microscopic, radio carbon dating or even DNA samples. The ability to determine more, from fewer samples again suggests that less excavation is required. Moreover, more often than not the balance of effort now rests with the specialist analysis such as pollen experts and dating analysis rather than the excavators. So, again some of the requirements for extensive excavation have diminished through the advancement of other analytical techniques and not just surface survey techniques. Furthermore, Archaeology itself has changed in a number of ways. No longer is the emphasis simply upon the acquisition of material culture or artifacts. In many cases, we have a reasonable understanding of the surviving material culture, Indeed, in Egypt and Italy, items are rebuffed in the ground simply because the museums are too full, theft may be ripe, preservation difficult and documentation slow.
The emergence d processual archaeology under Binford and others again moved archaeology towards broader concepts of explanation, process, deduction, hypothesis testing, question setting and response. Answering questions about the organization of societies, the environment and their life have a much greater importance today. And answering these how and why questions implies a much broader scope of work. Excavation alone cannot answer all these questions.
Archaeology needs a structured research’ process. This procedure is described by Renfrew and Bahn as research design. Research design has four components, namely: formulation, the collection and recording, processing and analysis and publication. For example, more detailed work in the formulation part can focus lines of enquiry into a specific area and thereby again reduce the amount of excavation required.
As the questions currently posed by Archaeologists tend to be more ’strategic’ the focus of the field work is also of a strategic nature. Overall landscapes, context, trading patterns and systems are more important than individual sites. As such this requires different techniques. AS Greene states "field work today is rarely directed at a single site. It usually forms part of a comprehensive study of an area". He continues "studies are designed to elucidate the broad agricultural, economic, and social developments".
选项
A、The apply of radio carbon dating.
B、More acquisition of artifacts.
C、Emergence of processual archaeology.
D、Development of surface survey technique.
答案
B
解析
本题问以下哪项不能减少对挖掘的依赖。从第二段第六句"No longer is the emphasis simply upon the acquisition of material culture or artifacts"可以看出过去是将重点放在"material culture or artifacts"的获取上,而要获取material culture or artifacts就要依赖挖掘,故"更多人工制品的获得"不能减少对挖掘的依赖。放射性碳原子检测的应用:第二段第一、二两句"As technology improves…radio carbon dating or even DNA samples. The ability to…suggests that less excavation is required"可以看出使用放射性碳原子检测可以减少对挖掘的依赖。过程考古学的出现:从第三段可以看出processual archaeology拓宽了考古学的视野,提出很多新的问题,从而减少了对挖掘本身的依赖。地表普查技术的发展:第二段第四句"…requirements for extensive excavation have diminished though the advancement of other analytical techniques and not just surface survey techniques"可以看出地表勘查技术的改进可以降低对挖掘的依赖。
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