Read, Dwight W., 1943-

Artifact classification a conceptual and methodological approach / [electronic resource] : Dwight W. Read. - Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, c2007. - 363 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 324-346) and indexes.

Historical background -- Pottery typologies -- From intuitive to objective classifications -- Objective classification : goals and problems -- Artifact measurement -- Production and categorization sequences -- Quantitative classification : methodology -- Patterning based on type frequency counts -- Style, function, neutral traits, evolution, and classification.


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Archaeology--Classification.
Antiquities--Classification.
Archaeology--Philosophy.
Archaeology--Methodology.


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CC72.7 / .R43 2007eb

930.1/0285