caa a22 4500 388110651 CHVBK 20180307125352.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199907 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S1380203800001343 doi S1380203800001343 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S1380203800001343 van Wijngaarden Gert-Jan The value of an archaeological approach: a reply [Elektronische Daten] [Gert-Jan van Wijngaarden] Frank De Mita, Sophia Voutsaki and Todd Whitelaw, obviously, took the article for what it was meant to be: not a final assessment of the use of the concept of value in archaeology, nor a definitive analysis of the Mycenaean pottery at Ugarit, but an attempt to explore these issues as a basis for further discussion. Consequently, it is difficult for me to react to their comments. I can only nod in agreement to many of the points they raise and I feel that I just ought to thank them and go back to work with their valuable insights in mind. Instead of taking such an easy way out, however, I will react to some of the general issues raised by the three critics. Before doing so, I will briefly elaborate on the reasons why I chose Ugarit as the site to conduct my analyses. I feel this is necessary, because some of the criticisms derive from the difficulties inherent to the material of this site and below I will, unfortunately, repeatedly be forced to point to the limitations. Copyright © The Author(s) 1999 Archaeological Dialogues Cambridge University Press 6/1(1999-07), 35-46 1380-2038 6:1<35 1999 6 ARD https://doi.org/10.1017/S1380203800001343 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S1380203800001343 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- van Wijngaarden Gert-Jan NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Archaeological Dialogues Cambridge University Press 6/1(1999-07), 35-46 1380-2038 6:1<35 1999 6 ARD CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge