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Overheard a professor at a dig site in New Mexico say something about context that clicked for me
He told a student that 'a pot sherd out of its layer is just a rock' and that changed how I think about the whole point of excavation, has anyone else had a moment where a simple phrase completely reframed your approach to a site?
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williams.kim6d ago
Just a rock huh. So basically I've been hauling garbage bags full of "rocks" home from every site for the last three years because I thought I was being a good little archaeologist. My living room is a museum of misplaced pottery shards that are now just very dirty paperweights. Guess I'll start a new collection of dirt layers instead at least those are actually useful.
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king.wyatt5d ago
Nah, pottery shards aren't worthless. They're not the glamorous stuff but they still tell you something about the site. Just don't fill your whole living room with them.
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