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The No-Collection Strategy in Archaeology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

William B. Butler
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Abstract

The no-collection strategy in archaeology is examined from the perspective of site integrity, artifact analysis, pothunting, irreplaceable resources, and curation and is found to be destructive of the data base for present and future archaeological applications.

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Cultural Resource Management
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American Antiquity , Volume 44 , Issue 4 , October 1979, pp. 795 - 799
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1979

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