ANTHRO 2C Lecture Notes - Lecture 62: Lewis Binford, Logical Positivism, Processual Archaeology
3 Apr 2019
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Test implications (if-then statements; propositions; predictions) designed to isolate. Materialism - archaeology was no longer limited to understanding material objects. Logical positivism only statements verifiable through empirical observation are cognitively verifiable hypothesis; what would you expect to find to verify hypothesis a and only hypothesis a to discriminate or it is not effective. Theory (temporarily the best, isolated hypothesis which explains event) Law: recognition of a problem induction, bridging argument, hypothesis test implications excavation deduction theory. Hypotheses are tested against, and constrained by, evidence. This is historical in the sense that archaeologists cannot perform experiments. Low-level theory -- ideas and arguments from induction, (descriptive observations) data. Middle-level theory -- deduction to link evidence to past behavior. High-level theory -- are ones that try to explain societal change in a general way. Hypotheses: see three hypotheses below: the structure accidentally burned, the structure was purposely burned for hostile, aggressive reasons, iii.
