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Comments on Tainter and Lucas's “Epistemology of the Significance Concept”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Michael A. Glassow
Michael A. Glassow*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
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Abstract

Tainter and Lucas misunderstand my position toward site significance evaluation. The source of their confusion is discussed, and comments expanding upon their discussion of the significance concept and its use are presented.

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American Antiquity , Volume 50 , Issue 4 , October 1985 , pp. 879 - 880
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1985

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Glassow, Michael A. 1977 Issues in Evaluating the Significance of Archaeological Resources. American Antiquity 42: 413–420.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Tainter, Joseph A., and Lucas, G. John 1983 Epistemology of the Significance Concept. American Antiquity 48: 707–719.Google Scholar