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A Logical Sequence of Archaeological Objectives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

B. K. Swartz Jr.
B. K. Swartz Jr.*
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Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
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Abstract

A series of seven idealized levels of procedure in conducting archaeological research is proposed: preparation, acquisition, analysis, interpretation, integration, comparison, and abstraction. This scheme was employed to investigate archaeological phenomena from Lava Beds National Monument, northern California.

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American Antiquity , Volume 32 , Issue 4 , October 1967, pp. 487 - 497
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1967

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