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are And yet , for a discipline whose concern is material culture , aesthetics and
style are central issues of the ' middle - range ... Aesthetics ( as is apparent from
the etymology of the word ) is not primarily concerned with questions of ' why is
this ...
are And yet , for a discipline whose concern is material culture , aesthetics and
style are central issues of the ' middle - range ... Aesthetics ( as is apparent from
the etymology of the word ) is not primarily concerned with questions of ' why is
this ...
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... still be fundamentally flawed . A consideration of decoration demands a
consideration of aesthetics , of the formal properties of the material under
examination . No interpretation that omits aesthetic concern can be properly
comprehensive .
... still be fundamentally flawed . A consideration of decoration demands a
consideration of aesthetics , of the formal properties of the material under
examination . No interpretation that omits aesthetic concern can be properly
comprehensive .
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... concern to archaeologists wishing to understand particular types of decoration
and design . If it is not then a ' middlerange ' concern in the sense that we can
justify our interpretations by the adequacy of our descriptive terminology or ...
... concern to archaeologists wishing to understand particular types of decoration
and design . If it is not then a ' middlerange ' concern in the sense that we can
justify our interpretations by the adequacy of our descriptive terminology or ...
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