Sampling in Archaeology
Sampling in Archaeology
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The first overview of sampling for archaeologists for over twenty years, this manual offers a comprehensive account of the application of statistical sampling theory that is essential to modern archaeological practice, at a range of scales, from the regional to the microscopic. It includes a discussion of the relevance of sampling theory to archaeological interpretation, and considers its fundamental place in fieldwork and post excavation study. It demonstrates the vast range of techniques that are available, only some of which are widely used by archaeologists. A section on statistical theory also reviews the latest developments in the field, and the presentation is clear and user friendly. The formal mathematics is available in an appendix, which is cross-referenced with the main text.
- Can be used as a main textbook in courses in archaeological fieldwork, and as a supplementary text in environmental archaeology and museum studies
- Covers a wide range of applications within archaeology
- Well known and wide-ranging scholar, who has written previously on mathematics and spatial analysis in archaeology, and a manual on pottery in this series
Reviews & endorsements
"...probably one of the best books written on sampling and sampling statistics...I would recommend it most highly, as it provides one of the most succinct assessments of sampling in archaeology to date." Canadian Journal of Archaeology
"This book provides good advice on designing and planning archaelogical studies and contains an extensive up-to-date bibliography." Journal of Anthropological Research
Product details
June 2000Hardback
9780521562263
274 pages
254 × 178 × 16 mm
0.7kg
43 b/w illus. 10 maps 12 tables
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Table of Contents
- 1. 'All the world's a sample'
- 2. 'A little of what you fancy?'
- 3. 'If this is the sample, what was the population?'
- 4. 'Covering the ground'
- 5. 'What's in a site?'
- 6. 'The answer lies in the soil'
- 7. 'But many sanguine people hope, to see them through a microscope'
- 8. 'In its depth, what treasures?'
- 9. 'Beyond random sampling'
- Appendix.
