The Blindness of Matter
The Physicalist is not anti-technology; they are often heavy users of it. But they use technology only to document the physical world. To them, a GeoCities page is "less real" than a Roman coin because it cannot be held. This bias leads to a distorted historical record where physical trivia is preserved while digital culture faces mass extinction.
Field Notes
The "Great Shift": We are seeing a "Great Shift" in archaeology where digital tools are everywhere, but digital subjects are nowhere. The Physicalist scans the stones but ignores the ghosts.
The Contrast: The Physicalist digs in the dirt. The Archaeobytologist digs in the data. Both are valid, but only one is currently recognized as "serious" science by most institutions.