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050 00 $aCC75$b.U53 1998
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245 00 $aUnit issues in archaeology :$bmeasuring time, space, and material /$cedited by Ann F. Ramenofsky and Anastasia Steffen.
260 $aSalt Lake City :$bUniversity of Utah Press,$c[1998], ©1998.
300 $axiii, 245 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c27 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aFoundations of archaeological inquiry
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 191-236) and index.
505 00 $gPt. I.$tIntroduction.$g1.$tUnits as Tools of Measurement /$rAnn F. Ramenofsky and Anastasia Steffen --$gPt. II.$tTime.$g2.$tProjectile Point Types as Valid Chronological Units /$rCharlotte Beck.$g3.$tTesting the Pecos Classification /$rHeidi E. Reed and John R. Stein.$g4.$tThe "Folsom Problem" /$rPhilippe D. LeTourneau.$g5.$tThe Illusion of Time /$rAnn F. Ramenofsky --$gPt. III.$tSpace.$g6.$tRegional Scale Processes and Archaeological Landscape Units /$rLuAnn Wandsnider.$g7.$tOn Reliability, Validity, and Scale in Obsidian Sourcing Research /$rRichard E. Hughes.$g8.$tUnits in Chemistry-Based Ceramic Provenance Investigations /$rHector Neff --$gPt. IV.$tMaterial.$g9.$tA View to the Core: Technological Units and Debitage Analysis /$rAnastasia Steffen, Elizabeth J. Skinner and Peter W. Ainsworth.$g10.$tCeramic Wares and Types Assessing: H. S. Colton's Ceramic Concepts /$rRuth E. Lambert.$g11.$tTheory, Measurement, and Explanation: Variable Shapes in Poverty Point Objects /$rChristopher Pierce.
520 $aThe relativity of measurement is one of the paradoxes of science. Even as we seek evidence to explain the world around us, the nature of that knowledge depends on our tools. The apparent inconsistency between what we know and how and what we measure points to the importance of scientific method as a bridge between ideas and entities.
520 8 $aThis volume emphasizes one aspect of scientific method: units of measure and their construction as applied to archaeology. Attributes, artifact classes, locational designations, temporal periods, sampling universes, culture stages, and geographic regions are all examples of constructed units.
520 8 $aUnit Issues in Archaeology discusses how units are defined, described, and evaluated within specified research contexts. Topics include projectile points as chronological markers, the Pecos classification, obsidian and ceramic sourcing, ceramic typology, the "Folsom problem," and landscape-scale units. Throughout the volume, emphasis is placed on the relationship between research goal and measurement.
520 8 $aBecause research drives the selection and construction of units, units are not treated as unvarying sets of absolutes.
650 0 $aArchaeometry.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006517
650 0 $aAntiquities$xMeasurement.
650 0 $aArchaeology$xMethodology.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006509
650 0 $aLandscape archaeology$xMethodology.
700 1 $aRamenofsky, Ann F.$q(Ann Felice),$d1942-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85821728
700 1 $aSteffen, Anastasia,$d1963-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97080615
830 0 $aFoundations of archaeological inquiry.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95099862
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