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Artifact classification : a conceptual and methodological approach / Dwight W. Read.

By: Read, Dwight W, 1943-Material type: TextTextPublisher: Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, 2009Edition: 1st pbk. edDescription: illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: ISBN: 1598747207; 9781598747201Subject(s): Archaeology -- Classification | Antiquities -- Classification | Archaeology -- Philosophy | Archaeology -- Methodology | SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology | Antiquities | Archaeology | Archaeology -- Methodology | Archaeology -- PhilosophyLOC classification: CC72.7 | .R43 2009
Contents:
Historical background -- Pottery typologies -- From intuitive to objective classifications -- Objective classification : goals and problems -- Artifact measurement -- Production and categorization sequences -- Quantitative classification : methodology -- Patterning based on type frequency counts -- Style, function, neutral traits, evolution, and classification.
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Books Books The BIAA David H. French Library
Shelf 25 - Main Room 		A7 READ 29461 Not for loan BOOKS-000000022460

Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-346) and indexes.

Historical background -- Pottery typologies -- From intuitive to objective classifications -- Objective classification : goals and problems -- Artifact measurement -- Production and categorization sequences -- Quantitative classification : methodology -- Patterning based on type frequency counts -- Style, function, neutral traits, evolution, and classification.