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A Method of Notation for the Description and Comparison of Southwestern Pottery Sherds by Formula

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2017

John Gillin
John Gillin*
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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Extract

The attention given to the details of pottery description has of recent years absorbed so much of the interest of specialists in Southwestern archaeology that to the outsider it often appears an unduly exaggerated, if amusing, preoccupation which consumes a great deal more time and effort than it deserves. To those who have tried to work in the area, however, it is not necessary to point out the importance which this relatively imperishable trait holds. This is especially true in the case of exploration of new areas by means of surface survey, where broken pieces of pottery make up the larger part of the diagnostic material available, and in the excavation of the less well-preserved sites, especially in the peripheral areas.

Type
Research Article
Information
American Antiquity , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , July 1938 , pp. 22 - 29
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1938

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