Measuring time with artifacts a history of methods in American archaeology / R. Lee Lyman and Michael J. O'Brien.

Author/creator Lyman, R. Lee
Other author O'Brien, Michael J. (Michael John), 1950-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLincoln : University of Nebraska Press,
Descriptionx, 346 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [299]-342) and index.
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LCCN 2005026723
ISBN9780803229662 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0803229666 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780803280526 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0803280521 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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