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Measuring time with artifacts : a history of methods in American archaeology

Author: R Lee Lyman; Michael J O'Brien
Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2006.
Edition/Format: Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: R Lee Lyman; Michael J O'Brien
ISBN: 9780803229662 0803229666 9780803280526 0803280521
OCLC Number: 61694715
Description: x, 346 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 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.
Responsibility: R. Lee Lyman and Michael J. O'Brien.
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