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Science, Style and the Study of Community Structure: An Example from the Central Mississippi River Valley
Carl Philipp Lipo
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The general purpose of this book is to help in the building and refining of theory and methods for studying the past. In one sense, empirical results about the past are by-products of theory construction, part of the iterative process in which we evaluate how well our explanatory system can account for the material world. This study presents just one part in the overall sequences of studies that address the processes that produce variability in stylistic frequencies. It is through this kind of continued experimentation that we will enjoy the fruit of knowledge building: archaeology as an historical science.
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Front Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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List of Figures
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List of Tables
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Acknowledgments
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Dedication
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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
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CHAPTER 2: BACKGROUND
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CHAPTER 3: BUILDING A SCIENCE OF CULTURAL TRANSMISSION IN PAST POPULATIONS
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CHAPTER 4: ANALYSIS OF PHILLIPS, FORD AND GRIFFIN (1951) DATA
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CHAPTER 5: NEW ASSEMBLAGES
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CHAPTER 6: COLLECTION DESCRIPTIONS AND UNIT AGGREGATION
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CHAPTER 7: COMPARISON OF NEW DATA WITH ORIGINAL PFG COLLECTIONS
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CHAPTER 8: CLASSIFICATION AND MEASUREMENT EFFECTS
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CHAPTER 9: SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND FUTURE RESEARCH
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REFERENCES CITED
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APPENDIX A: BOOTSTRAP SAMPLE SIZE TESTING PROGRAM
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APPENDIX B: SERIATION MACRO FOR MICROSOFT EXCEL
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APPENDIX C: BOOTSTRAP SIGNIFICANCE TEST PROGRAM FOR SERIATION
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APPENDIX D: RANDOM WALK NEUTRALITY TESTING PROGRAM
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APPENDIX E: LABORATORY PROCESSING AND DECORATIVE DESCRIPTIONS
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INDEX
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Published: 2001
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781841712161 (paperback)
- 9781407352633 (ebook)
BAR Number: S918