Units of Archaeological Stratification

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ID6094903
AuthorsEdward C Harris (University College London, corresponding author)
Year1977
Volume10
Issue1-2
Pages84-94
Publication date1977-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueNorwegian Archaeological Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0029-3652 • E-ISSN: 1502-7678
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00293652.1977.9965274
OpenAlexW1994475409
LanguageEN
Citations received10

The excavating archaeologists’ methodological set ‐ excavation, recording, analysis and publication ‐ rests on the notions and principles of the stratigraphic succession of archaeological deposits. Since 1954 when Sir Mortimer Wheeler published Archaeology From the Earth, there has been a dearth of published discussion on the stratigraphie theory in archaeology. This paper examines some of the background of the stratigraphie notion in archaeology and a revised model for archaeological stratigraphy based on ‘units of stratification’ is presented. Re‐evaluations of stratigraphie configurations in archaeology arc perhaps long overdue and this article is an attempt to engender discussion on this fundamental archaeological tenet

Archaeology · Excavation · Stratification (seeds · Tectonics · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Paleontology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Stratigraphy

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