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Quantifying the size of artefact assemblages

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dc.contributor.authorHiscock, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2003-09-26en_US
dc.date.accessioned2004-05-19T15:31:42Zen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-05T08:48:06Z
dc.date.available2004-05-19T15:31:42Zen_US
dc.date.available2011-01-05T08:48:06Z
dc.date.created2002en_US
dc.date.issued2002en_US
dc.date.updated2015-12-12T09:20:55Z
dc.description.abstractStone artefacts are broken, burnt and weathered. Processes such as these may act differentially across categories, and will therefore affect interpretations of assemblage size and composition. This paper advocates a more detailed consideration of abundance estimates in artefact analyses, being guided by the understandings built up in archaeological studies of fauna, and begins the process by developing some basic units of measurement for counting flaked stone.
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dc.identifier.issn0305-4403
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/41375en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/41375
dc.language.isoen_AUen_US
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.sourceJournal of Archaeological Science
dc.subjectbreakage
dc.subjectabundance estimation
dc.subjectminimum numbers
dc.subjecttaphonomy
dc.subjectlithics
dc.subjectartefacts
dc.titleQuantifying the size of artefact assemblages
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage258
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage251
local.contributor.affiliationHiscock, Peter, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidHiscock, Peter, u9701386
local.description.refereedyesen_US
local.identifier.absfor210102 - Archaeological Science
local.identifier.ariespublicationMigratedxPub23306
local.identifier.citationpages251-258en_US
local.identifier.citationpublicationJournal of Archaeological Scienceen_US
local.identifier.citationvolume29en_US
local.identifier.citationyear2002en_US
local.identifier.doi10.1006/jasc.2001.0705
local.identifier.eprintid2033en_US
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-0036108546
local.rights.ispublishedyesen_US
local.type.statusPublished Version

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