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i would like to say read my posts in the I.D. thread but that may be too cumbersome so i will wait till later when i have time to address this and your other statement on fossils.

if that is okay.

That's fine, I should head for bed anyway but I'm in a firefight with Genesis Veracity right now.

Good debating with you.

Jim

oh yea---don't listen to minimalist either he only paints a partial picture.

***i noticed the new guy posted over 50 times in one day. WHERE is barracuda with his counter?????? i guess it is okay to be prolific if you write what he wants.***

Yeah....the part that archaeological evidence supports!

archaeologist wrote:oh yea---don't listen to minimalist either he only paints a partial picture.

***i noticed the new guy posted over 50 times in one day. WHERE is barracuda with his counter?????? i guess it is okay to be prolific if you write what he wants.***

I'm closer to Min's position than yours, I'm afraid.

There is an automatic blocker if you try to enter a post too quickly, as I found out when I hit the mouse a second time by accident while posting. Over 60 posts now. I really have been enjoying the debates on here, but I'm not spamming, so I guess it's all OK.

okay this is a thread about archaeologists and since minimalist says he posts about archaeology why hasn't he posted on topic and presented some researchers to discuss?

archaeologist wrote:okay this is a thread about archaeologists and since minimalist says he posts about archaeology why hasn't he posted on topic and presented some researchers to discuss?

Whenever you are under stress, the word Minimalist is in your post. What if everybody stopped talking to you?

OK – let’s play on-topic. The “players”. Here’s one:

Dr. Edward Harris. A leading proponent of stratigraphic excavation technique and inventor of the Harris Matrix to record and represent site stratigraphy. One amazing man.

This is a good website for info on Dr. Edward Harris:
http://www.harrismatrix.com/home.htm

I had never heard of him before so I am now remedying that matter.

Starflower wrote:This is a good website for info on Dr. Edward Harris:
http://www.harrismatrix.com/home.htm

I had never heard of him before so I am now remedying that matter.

I was fortunate enough to meet him when I was on a dig in Bermuda in February this year. He's a fascinating and generous man with plenty of stories to tell.

archaeologist wrote:okay this is a thread about archaeologists and since minimalist says he posts about archaeology why hasn't he posted on topic and presented some researchers to discuss?

Because you don't discuss anything that conflicts with your fairy tales. You simply insist that you're right and everyone else is wrong.

It has gotten old.

I was fortunate enough to meet him when I was on a dig in Bermuda in February this year. He's a fascinating and generous man with plenty of stories to tell.

i am reading starflower's link and i see this method has criticisms. are the criticisms legitimate?

At this point, I should mention criticisms of the Matrix, which have come from archaeologists who believe that it subverts geological principles of stratigraphy and is leading archaeologists up the garden path on to the spoil heap of history

from what i read, it just sounds like a lot of big words being used to describe something that doesn't really work.

The associated methods emphasize a number of ideas, but the most important are the ‘interface’ and ‘single-context planning,’ which are fundamentally linked to each other and are fundamental units in recording. The term ‘interface’ was decided upon as an unambiguous word for the surfaces of strata, and for ‘surfaces,’ such as pits and ditches, which had to be considered stratigraphic units in their own right.

doesn't sound like a credible system to me nor does it sound like it will help learn more about the past

Again I ask are you actually an archaeologist or did you just adopt that as a screen name? Because by your answer here it's clear you do not understand the importance of site stratigraphy.

Jim

here it's clear you do not understand the importance of site stratigraphy.

no. i am trying to figure out the value of his system and if it is credible or not given the criticisms. nothing more or less.

To understand a Harris matrix you have to have a grasp of stratigraphy. Are you an archaeologist?

To understand a Harris matrix you have to have a grasp of stratigraphy. Are you an archaeologist

i disagree, i think you need a dictionary and a bs meter. so is it used widely or limited to just harris himself? what is the level of acceptance of this so-called 'time' machine? (i use the word time machine as the article made a point of highlighting that aspect of its purpose)

are the criticisms warranted? what benefits come from this matrix that can't be found in any other method? since you have a personal stake in this topic, how do we know you are being objective in your assessment of its value and complexity?