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The laws of archaeological stratigraphy

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ID3919087
AuthorsEdward C Harris (UCL Australia, corresponding author)
Year1979
Volume11
Issue1
Pages111-117
Publication date1979-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueWorld Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00438243.1979.9979753
OpenAlexW2083753378
LanguageEN
Citations received41
References cited4

The science of archaeological stratigraphy is based upon a series of laws or axioms. Several of these laws are discussed in this paper and have been adapted previously from geological sources. A new law of archaeological stratigraphy, as devised in archaeology, is presented. These laws and the study of archaeological stratigraphy have been neglected in recent decades during which time archaeologists have relied almost entirely on vague notions of the law of superposition. The subject of archaeological stratigraphy should be re‐examined, particularly as regards its fundamental tenets and axioms

Archaeology · Axiom · Geometry · Subject (documents · 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage · Computer Science · Geology · History · Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction · Mathematics · Paleontology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Stratigraphy

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Citation span1986 - 2027 (42)
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