The Logic of Empirical Proof
A Note on the Course of the Beckhampton Avenue
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12911599 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lionel Duke Sims (0000-0002-9855-7776, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 333-345 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Time and Mind (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1751-696X • E-ISSN: 1751-6978 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2752/175169609x12464529903218 |
| OpenAlex | W1993611628 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 2 |
After 150 years of archaeological skepticism toward Stukeley's nineteenth-century claim for a Beckhampton avenue in the Avebury monuments, Gillings et al. (2008) have finally confirmed that it did in fact exist. However; contra Stukeley, they only allow its existence up to the site of the “Longstones Cove,” and dispute its continuation further to the southwest to Fox Covert, as claimed by Stukeley. This article attempts to demonstrate that by documentary method, field survey, geophysics, site excavation, and the method of critical experiment, this interpretation fails the normal standards of the logic of empirical proof. This failure to sustain their case leaves Stukeley's claim for the Beckhampton avenue continuing to Fox Covert standing and open to further investigation
Archaeology · Cove · Covert · Epistemology · Excavation · Field (mathematics · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Skepticism · Archaeological Research and Protection · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Mathematics · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2023 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |