I want to preface this response by noting that, while I think Bentley, O'Brien and I fundamentally differ in how we approach the archaeological record (2024), I am also convinced that the more perspectives on the past we can cultivate, the richer our interpretative garden will be. Moreover, the more narratives of past worlds we develop, the more nuanced and complex our image of the past will become and, hence, the messier and more human (Frieman in press). I therefore write in the hopes that we can disagree with care, so that all of our scholarship is enriched.

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过去是多样化的，也是深度创新的：对Bentley & O'Brien的回应

我想在回答之前指出，虽然我认为 Bentley、O'Brien 和我在处理考古记录（2024 年）的方式上存在根本差异，但我也相信，我们能培养的对过去的看法越多，我们的解释花园就会越丰富。此外，我们对过去世界的叙述越多，我们对过去的形象就会变得越微妙和复杂，因此，它就越混乱、越人性化（弗里曼出版）。因此，我写信是希望我们能不同意谨慎，这样我们所有的学术研究都会得到丰富。