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Volume in Pottery and the Selection of Samples

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Gordon R. Willey
Gordon R. Willey*
Affiliation:
Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
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Abstract

Archaeological excavations in certain New World areas, such as Mesoamerica, yield great volumes of potsherd refuse. When the purpose of excavation is primarily chronological or sequential, there is reason to save, classify, and tabulate total excavated collections of sherds from stratigraphic cuts; but when the principal use of pottery debris is for gross dating of architectural or settlement features, it is debatable if the same detailed counting procedures are necessary. Examples from the Maya Lowlands are cited and reference is also made to procedures in handling large quantities of ceramic material in Middle Eastern archaeology. The question is left open for comment.

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Facts and Comments
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American Antiquity , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , October 1961 , pp. 230 - 231
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1961

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Braidwood, R. J. and Braidwood, L. S. 1960 Excavations in the Plain of Antioch. Oriental Institute Publications, Vol. 61. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.Google Scholar