Explores the archaeological evidence for the development of measuring activities in numerous ancient societies and the implications of these discoveries.

This volume emphasizes one aspect of scientific method: units of measure and their construction as applied to archaeology. Attributes, artifact classes, locatio

Combining historical research with a lucid explication of archaeological methodology and reasoning, Measuring Time with Artifacts examines the origins and chang

This book introduces archaeologists to the most important quantitative methods, from the initial description of archaeological data to techniques of multivariat

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