An Essay on Archaeological Technique: The Publication of Results from the Excavation of a Tell

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Herschel Shanks, founder and editor of the Bible Archeology Review, says: "As an archaeologist who is an expert in excavation technology - she may not have a colleague 1. Scholar:" Her role in developing more powerful archeological methods, as well as techniques and ceramics , Has affected this habit until today. Wheeler (1954) Archeology from the Earth and Kenyon (1961) archeology began as one of the first publications to evade an informal archaeological record and advocate stratification analysis.

Pseudo archeology is sometimes referred to as a wonderful archeology, but whatever name it gives, it is best considered to be a pseudoscience in archeological clothing. All commonly accepted archaeological conventions, excavation sites, or archaeological theories not compliant with published excavation results belong to the category of pseudo-archeology. The general motivation for participating in fake archeology is extreme nationalism. Recent empire ideologies used archeological results to advance their empire. It is generally thought that it is necessary to tamper with data in order to emphasize the country particularly. In some countries I believe that rewriting history through archeology will serve their political goals.

Many people think that archeology and archaeologists are primarily interested in excavations - excavation sites. Rahtz (1991, 65-86) revealed that archaeologists have done a lot in addition to excavation, but this may be a general public image in archeology. Drewett (1999, 76) further advanced one step and commented, "Do not assume that excavation is an important part of any archaeological field survey." The excavation itself is an expensive and destructive research tool that has destroyed the subject forever (Renfrew and Bahn, 1996, 100). Today, it is noteworthy that most archaeologists are working on conservation ethics that have grown over the past few decades, not mining all the places they know (Carmichael et al., 2003, 41) . In this article, I actively answer this question and explore the advantages and disadvantages of research mining and non destructive archaeological research methods.