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Stones Forum >> Is Archaeology Inadequate for Rock Art?
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brigantia
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|  Posted 03-08-2010 at 12:36
A sincere question: can archaeology truly be used as an adequate mode of enquiry towards cup-and-rings in the British Isles? Does it need to utilise other academic arenas to further its research into this field of study? (e.g., comparative ethnography, anthropology, psychology, etc) Can or should it be used exclusively? If so, why? If not, should it be taken seriously as a social science* in this subject-matter? Do any archaeologists have a take on this?
Cheers - Paul
* avoiding the fact that the "social sciences" themselves are, in real terms, pseudosciences.
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John_Seaford
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| Posted 03-08-2010 at 16:43
I am just a computer nerd so I don't know the answer to your question. But I will tell you that I have stared at them and stared at them and I can not figure out how and why they were made.
The cups look like they would have a function and they look almost like they were "manufactured" by some spinning process.
The surrounding curcular indentations look like they would be difficult to create. They are very precise. Who would go to such bother?
If those ring carvings had shown up by themselves I would just say they were decorations of some significance. They are some kind of symbol and we could never know what they are used for.
But since they show up with the cups and the cups may have had a purpose. If we could figure out the purpose of the cups we may be able to figure out the circles.
Its maddening....
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sem
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| Posted 03-08-2010 at 20:46
Hi Brig
As a simple answer. No archaeology cannot as it IS a social science. However, as part of a multi-disciplinary investigation (ie a comittee - possibly the one that was asked to design the horse and came up with a camel) I am sure it has it's uses.
There again, if I were to offer £15million to any scientist (which I will when my dear old uncle dies) to investigate my ideas, I'd be willing to bet that the scientist in question would do his damndest to keep me sweet.
On the otherhand.....
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