As a result, other objects will be referred to. The latter, in all likelihood, will be studied by me in the form of two dimensional representations, mostly as prints or photographs. The most applicable have been constructed by, or reformulated from, material culture scholars whose backgrounds lie in connoisseurship. Yet, of the best models available, no one on its own permits a full analysis. After much thought and comparison I have come to the conclusion that a synthesis of models is necessary to attempt this.
Attempt is the operative word here.
As material culture studies progress new ways of seeing things are opening up all the time. The limits of time at present, however, rule out working these into a single method of approach. The reasons for this, in brief, are as follows. While Finley's processes set out good clear procedures for analysis he makes a confusing choice of his properties. Two of the latter, Function and Significance , are too closely related, while those of Material and Construction do not suit the definitions he gives them.