At the beginning of his ''behavioral archaeology and the Pompei premise'' (1981), Lewis Binford noted the archaeological trends at the time were more misguided by being a failure to understand the historical trends. Therefore, such archaeologists were in a 'reactionary' position rather than a 'revisionist' position toward the traditional archaeology. This is yet a common issue in the discipline, which highly dominating the field of Sri Lankan archaeology.
Anyway, what is the goal of archaeology? Taylor, in 1949 expressed the view that the goal of archaeology is to be a reconstructionist while Ascher emphasised the inductivist scepticism of archaeological studies.
Analogy - It was Binford promoted the ''analogical reasoning' as a tool. However, he agreed to the fact that the time frame of the ethnology is inappropriate for archaeological research.
Anyway, what is the goal of archaeology? Taylor, in 1949 expressed the view that the goal of archaeology is to be a reconstructionist while Ascher emphasised the inductivist scepticism of archaeological studies.
Analogy - It was Binford promoted the ''analogical reasoning' as a tool. However, he agreed to the fact that the time frame of the ethnology is inappropriate for archaeological research.
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