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Seriation, Stratigraphy, and Index Fossils
O'Brien, Michael J.; Lyman, R. Lee
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Description for Seriation, Stratigraphy, and Index Fossils
Hardback. Stratigraphic excavation is perhaps the best known of the various relative-dating methods used by prehistorians. This book distinguishes among the several techniques and argues that stratigraphic excavation tends to result in discontinuous measures of time. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KB; HDW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1250.
It is difficult for today's students of archaeology to imagine an era when chronometric dating methods were unavailable. However, even a casual perusal of the large body of literature that arose during the first half of the twentieth century reveals a battery of clever methods used to determine the relative ages of archaeological phenomena, often with considerable precision.
Stratigraphic excavation is perhaps the best known of the various relative-dating methods used by prehistorians. Although there are several techniques of using artifacts from superposed strata to measure time, these are ... Read more
It is difficult for today's students of archaeology to imagine an era when chronometric dating methods were unavailable. However, even a casual perusal of the large body of literature that arose during the first half of the twentieth century reveals a battery of clever methods used to determine the relative ages of archaeological phenomena, often with considerable precision.
Stratigraphic excavation is perhaps the best known of the various relative-dating methods used by prehistorians. Although there are several techniques of using artifacts from superposed strata to measure time, these are ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
Number of Pages
253
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780306461521
SKU
V9780306461521
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99-15
Reviews for Seriation, Stratigraphy, and Index Fossils
`...is a very useful book.' North American Archaeologist, 22:4 (2001)