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Writing archaeology: site reports in context

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Ian Hodder
Ian Hodder*
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Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3DZ
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As it is written in site reports today, the modern language of archaeology is not a handsome tongue, efficient though it may be at conveying neutral data (another horrid word). Are there lessons to be found in the beguiling style of site reports from a couple of centuries ago? And is there more to their charm than antiquarian romance?

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Antiquity , Volume 63 , Issue 239 , June 1989 , pp. 268 - 274
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1989

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