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The Proper Place of Multivariate Techniques in Archaeology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

R. G. Matson
R. G. Matson*
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Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of British Columbia, 2075 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver VGT 1W5, Canada
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Abstract

The case made by Thomas (1978) for avoiding the use of multivariate techniques is critically reviewed. The purpose of these techniques and the nature of archaeological data are argued to be quite different from what he proposed.

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American Antiquity , Volume 45 , Issue 2 , April 1980, pp. 340 - 344
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1980

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