Editorial Standards

Measured fact

Dimensions, artefact records, unit equivalents, and survey claims are sourced. Reconstructed values show basis and uncertainty. We do not add decimal places to compensate for weak evidence.

Interpretive tradition

Pi, phi, cosmic, Masonic, numerological, and use theories are attributed and visibly labelled. A mathematically close result is not described as proof of ancient intention.

Our analysis

Our studies develop questions, comparisons and calculations from cited evidence. We distinguish what a source reports, the source author's interpretation and our own reasoning. A reproducible numerical fit is not, by itself, a historical identification.

Evidence can change an article's question or conclusion. We may substantially rewrite, combine or retire a treatment when a better supported argument serves the reader. Holding a source in the library does not certify every published claim.

Source hierarchy

1. Published survey, primary text, or metrological scholarship.
2. Museum, heritage, and epigraphic records.
3. Curated academic reference works.
4. General corroboration, clearly identified.

Editorial responsibility

Ancient Measures is edited and published by Joe Foley. Editorial correspondence and corrections are handled at editor@ancientmeasures.com. The editor is responsible for this framework and its application, while each underlying historical claim remains answerable to its cited source.

AI assistance

AI assisted research organisation, drafting, code, and quality checks. The public source register and deterministic build make important claims auditable. Corrections are reviewed against the same hierarchy and recorded in the project history.

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