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Measuring time with artifacts a history of methods in American archaeology
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- ISBN: 0803256310 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9780803256316 (electronic bk.)
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1 v. - Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2006.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Ontology -- The concept of evolution in early twentieth-century American archaeology -- The epistemology of measurement units -- Cultural traits as units of analysis in early twentieth-century anthropology -- Chronometers and units in early archaeology and paleontology -- A.L. Kroeber and the measurement of time's arrow and time's cycle -- Time, space, and marker types in James Ford's 1936 chronology for the lower Mississippi Valley -- The epistemology of chronometers -- The direct historical approach -- American stratigraphic excavation -- Graphic depictions of culture change -- Artifact classification and artifact-based chronometry. |
| Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2006. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries. |
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| Subject: | Archaeology -- Research -- United States Archaeology -- United States -- Methodology Time measurements Chronometers -- United States -- History Indians of North America -- Antiquities |
| Genre: | Electronic books. |
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