Artifact classification [electronic resource] : a conceptual and methodological approach / Dwight W. Read.
Publication details: Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, c2007.Description: 363 p. : illISBN:- 9781598741025 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 1598741020 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 930.1/0285 22
- CC72.7 .R43 2007eb

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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.