“Just not a scientific one.”
Not so. When an archaeologist finds a piece of fire baked clay how does he decide whether it is simply some wet clay that had a fire built over it or that it is a piece of pottery?
The most common way is if it is glazed or not.
>>Not so. When an archaeologist finds a piece of fire baked clay how does he decide whether it is simply some wet clay that had a fire built over it or that it is a piece of pottery?<<
He studies it and applies scientific principles in his analysis. I am not sure how that makes any particular point since people aren’t artifacts.