id
	13423
Url
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/13423
Resource template
	Academic Article
Resource class
	bibo:AcademicArticle
Title
	Capta and Data: On the True Nature of Archaeological Information
Creator
	Chippindale, Christopher
Date
	2000
Language
	eng
Abstract
	Is the customary word "data" a good name for archaeological records and facts? "Data" means the things that are "given," but archaeological observations and facts are never given at all. Rather, they are captured by the researcher, who seeks to grasp from the material record the essentials of some complex and little-known phenomenon, often remote in time and usually ambiguous in material expression. We should prefer to use the better word "capta," the things that have been captured, and to realize that this word captures the essence of what we do.
Is Part Of
	American Antiquity
Doi
	https://doi.org/10.2307/2694418
Issn
	0002-7316
Issue
	4
Pages
	605-612
Short title
	Capta and Data
Uri
	https://www.jstor.org/stable/2694418
Volume
	65
Homepage
	https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/XPG42G6L/item-list

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