Re: Reasessing Qumran archaeology

David wrote:
On Oct 27, 11:12 am, Matt Giwer <jul...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Peter Alaca wrote:

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1. De Vaux's Excavations at Qumran
"A careful examination reveals that the excavation was not
conducted according to the customary stratigraphic rules.
De Vaux gave each architectural space (room, hall,
courtyard, or water installation) a separate locus number
that in most cases remained permanent even when two or
even three floors were revealed, one above the other, in the
same space. For example, in the two rooms (Loci 1 and 2)
south of the tower, two floors were found one above the other
0.5-0.6 m apart, and above them another level 1.3 m higher.
Despite this, the locus numbers of these rooms remained
unchanged."
"The conclusion to be drawn from this is that the excavation
at Qumran was not stratigraphic. The basic principle of
chronological distinction between archaeological strata
according to dated finds (ceramic vessels, coins, etc.) above
and below floors is not expressed in the Qumran excavations."
Thank you. This explains why I have not been able to make any sense of what I
found when I tried to read up on it. Locii was never explained and dating was
never definitive.
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Matt - if you want to get somewhere, try Jodi Magness.

The dig was fucked from the beginning. It cannot be put back and done over nor can anyone imagine what it would have been if not fucked up.

This description of how it was FUBARed demonstrates it is completely worthless to consider it in archaeological terms.

This description shows you and Thiering are both idiots trying to make anything of it.

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