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Formation Processes of the Archaeological Record

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ISBN-10: 0874805139

ISBN-13: 9780874805130

Edition: 1987 (Reprint)

Authors: Michael Brian Schiffer

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A synthesis of the most important principles of cultural and environmental formation processes. For students and practicing archaeologists.
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Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 1987
Publisher: University of Utah Press
Publication date: 1/7/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.430

Michael Brian Schiffer is Fred A. Riecker Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the University of Arizona and Research Associate at the Lemelson Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. He is the author of six previous books on technology.

Preface
The Nature of Archaeological Evidence
The Dimensions of Artifact Variability
Reuse Processes
Cultural Deposition
Reclamation Processes
Disturbance Processes
Environmental Formation Processes: The Artifact
Environmental Formation Processes: The Site
Environmental Formation Processes: The Region
The Identification of Formation Processes
Formation Processes and Archaeological Inference: Hohokam Chronology
Formation Processes and Archaeological Inference: Broken K Pueblo
The Archaeological Process
References
Index