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Pompeii premise: a standalone construct

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Pompeiipremise1 CONSTRUCTPompeii premiseBINFORD · ARCHAEOLOGY

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the assumption, criticized as misleading, that an archaeological deposit preserves a moment of past life frozen intact as at Pompeii.

In archaeology, Pompeii premise refers to the assumption, criticized as misleading, that an archaeological deposit preserves a moment of past life frozen intact as at Pompeii. This meaning comes from Binford (1981) in Journal of Anthropological Research.[1]

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References

  1. Binford, L. R. (1981). Behavioral Archaeology and the "Pompeii Premise". Journal of Anthropological Research, 37(3), 195-208. https://doi.org/10.1086/jar.37.3.3629723

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