Gordon Willey Quote

Inference is the key or the methodological pivot of archaeology, for it is only through inference that inanimate objects are reassembled into the milieu of life. Inferences are drawn from analogies.


An Introduction to American Archaeology (Volume 1), North and Middle America (p. 3)


Inference is the key or the methodological pivot of archaeology, for it is only through inference that inanimate objects are reassembled into the...

Inference is the key or the methodological pivot of archaeology, for it is only through inference that inanimate objects are reassembled into the...

Inference is the key or the methodological pivot of archaeology, for it is only through inference that inanimate objects are reassembled into the...

Inference is the key or the methodological pivot of archaeology, for it is only through inference that inanimate objects are reassembled into the...