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A Method for Chronologically Ordering Archaeological Deposits*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2017

W. S. Robinson*
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles, Calif.

Extract

The statistical technique of this paper is based upon the empirically established fact that over the course of time pottery types come into and go out of general use by a given group of people. It is further based upon the established fact that in cultures where chronology has been determined the differential use of types takes on a form illustrated in Figure 89. The data of this diagram are hypothetical, the purpose being merely to illustrate the present discussion.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1951

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Footnotes

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The research reported upon in this paper and in the succeeding one was supported by a joint grant to G. W. Brainerd and W. S. Robinson by the University of California at Los Angeles.

References

* The research reported upon in this paper and in the succeeding one was supported by a joint grant to G. W. Brainerd and W. S. Robinson by the University of California at Los Angeles.