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A Method for Counting Ceramic Rim Sherds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

B. J. Egloff
B. J. Egloff*
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Box 147, Oxford, Wisconsin
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Abstract

Archaeologists rely upon the sherd count to quantify creamic data. A simple method for counting rim sherds uses the percentage of a vessel's orifice represented by each sherd. This technique can be used to estimate the minimum number of vessels represented by the sherds in any specific category.

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American Antiquity , Volume 38 , Issue 3 , July 1973 , pp. 351 - 353
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1973

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