ABSTRACT
Continuity and change are deeply rooted concepts in the evolutionary perspective of the physical and social world which lies at the heart of the European perception of the world, and which constitutes the conventionalism that is essential to the domestication of time (Fabian 1983; Shanks and Tilley 1987: 211). In spite of the unsuitability of the historical process to segmentation on the basis of technological, economic or social criteria, continuity and change are the operational concepts used in the construction of archaeological discourse, to the point of superseding the narrative and search for explanation. 1
