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Independent Dating in Archaeological Analysis
- Title
- Independent Dating in Archaeological Analysis
- Creator(s)
- Dean, Jeffrey S.
- Editor(s)
- Schiffer, Michael B.
- Date
- 1978
- Is Part Of
- Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory
- Pages
- 223-255
- Language
- eng
- Publisher
- Academic Press
- Place Published
- San Diego
- ISBN
- 978-0-12-003101-6
- Abstract
- This chapter presents some of the complexities involved in the use of independent dates in archaeology. The general model and its associated concepts specify the temporal, spatial, and relational loci of some of the many variables that constrain the applicability of such dates to past human behavioral events. Dating accuracy and relevance depend directly on the degree of control that archaeologists have over these variables. The general model and the principles that relate independent dates to the archaeological and behavioral matrices are designed to enhance this control. Nevertheless, this effort represents but a halting step toward the development of an adequate theory of the dating process in archaeology. The chapter discusses the need for such a theory and focuses on least one direction that the development of archaeological dating theory might take. Future development of archaeological dating theory will be directed toward improving the concepts and procedures used by archaeologists to relate independent dates to the systemic-level phenomena that are the ultimate concern of archaeological research.
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