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When the record cannot decide: a framework for functional inference in archaeology, with an application to moai transport
2026-07-30
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Archaeologists routinely infer function from morphology, yet a stage-linked pattern can arise from task-specific engineering, inherited production tradition, population differentiation, selective survival, or the record-formation processes that decide what is observable—and no general protocol distinguishes admissible evidence from evidence the record cannot decide. We introduce a compo...
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- ecf2fd05-7849-50b3-bf16-99b6b5509ade
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- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-10425550/v1