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The Saturated Model: A First Application in World and Romanian Ethnoarchaeology

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This article proposes the application of a saturated model in ethnoarchaeological research. This logical-mathematical model addresses the issue of the number of parameters required for constructing a well-founded ethnoarchaeological discourse. Our approach targets two levels of extension, a general one, on a global level, and a particular one, concerning Romania. Each artefact, each archaeological or ethnographical phenomenon contains a finite multitude of intrinsic parameters, but their identification and understanding depends on the evolution of various sciences and the development of new research directions. In idiographic cases, the knowledge of these parameters depends of the development of ethnoarchaeology in various countries. The employment of a saturated model in ethnoarchaeology presents notable implications of a gnoseological and methodological nature, but the most important is that regarding the research strategy. Because “living societies”, at the global level, and resilient groups within developed societies are all threatened by disappearance, we stress the necessity of intensifying ethnological researches (within ethnoarchaeological ones).

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Acknowledgements

This work was made possible with the financial support of the Romanian Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sport (Exploratory research project PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0825, The Ethnoarchaeology of Salt Springs and Salt Mountains of the extra-Carpathian zone of Romania, no. 219/05.10.2011, Project Manager: Dr. Marius Alexianu). The author would like to thank the editors for their insightful critical comments and suggestions.

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Alexianu, M. (2013). The Saturated Model: A First Application in World and Romanian Ethnoarchaeology. In: Marciniak, A., Yalman, N. (eds) Contesting Ethnoarchaeologies. One World Archaeology, vol 7. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9117-0_11

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