Chronology Construction and the Study of Prehistoric Culture Change

Plog, Stephen; Hantman, Jeffrey L.

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“…At the same time, absolute-seriation approaches pioneered in ceramic assemblages should be vigorously pursued. First, existing sequences (Braun 1985(Braun , 1987Plog and Hantman 1990) should be reevaluated using methods set forth here and elsewhere, methods that might include-but not be limited to-the strong-case approach. Once existing absolute seriations are thereby recalibrated, Braun's approach in particular should be applied to other ceramic assemblages in midcontinental North America.…”

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Radiocarbon Dating as a Probabilistic Technique: The Childers Site and Late Woodland Occupation in the Ohio Valley

Shott

1992

Am. antiq.

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Like any scientific technique, radiocarbon dating has limitations, and its results cannot be interpreted uncritically. The archaeological record of Childers, a Late Woodland site in eastern North America, and inferences concerning its occupational history are evaluated here against radiocarbon dates from the site. The record suggests a single, relatively brief, occupation, but radiocarbon-dating results suggest either a much longer continuous occupation or a long series of shorter ones. The apparent conflict between the archaeological record and radiocarbon results is resolved by considering context and integrity of radiocarbon samples, as well as the probabilistic character of the radiocarbon method itself. Considerable dispersion in dating results can occur even in relatively brief occupations, casting doubt on the uncritical interpretation of raw radiocarbon results. Childers's occupational history and chronological placement have important implications for regional culture process during the early Late Woodland interval, and suggest a time lag in the acceptance of cultural innovations.

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Radiocarbon Dating as a Probabilistic Technique: The Childers Site and Late Woodland Occupation in the Ohio Valley

Shott

1992

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“…These include the evolution of style (7,87:314; 109), the use of stylistic analysis in chronological studies (19,71,102,103), art historical/classical perspectives on style (22,117), stylistic diffusion (21,71), and studies of architecture or burial practices (e.g. Other current issues and applications of stylistic analysis should be acknowledged.…”

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Archaeological Research on Style

Hegmon¹

1992

Annu. Rev. Anthropol.

138

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A consideration of material culture style has been a part of archaeology almost from the beginning. However, only in the past few decades have many archae ologists begun to question and discuss explicitly what style is and how it can be used [summaries of these trends can be found in a recent review in this series (99) and elsewhere (16, 36a)]. Recent examinations of style by archae ologists (17: 1) and by an art historian (117:253) both cite Gadamer's (36:466) statement that "the notion of style is one of the undiscussed self-evident concepts upon which our historical consciousness is based." These researchers then go on to argue that archaeologists no longer share a united approach to style. Various kinds of style have been defined (e.g. 135, 112-114), and it sometimes ap p ears that archaeologists have as many approaches to style as we have works on the topic.In reviewing the literature, however, I found that despite different labels, archaeologists generally agree on what is meant by style and are able to launch profitable discussions of stylistic variation (e.g. 99) or of particular styles (e.g. 42) without lengthy preamble. Archaeologists have a common ground for considering style, though it is manifested in various definitions. At the core of the definitions used by a number of archaeologists with very different theoreti cal perspectives are two basic tenets. First, style is a way of doing something 517 0084-6570/92/1015-0517$02.00 Annu. Rev. Anthropol. 1992.21:517-536. Downloaded from www.annualreviews.org by Washburn University on 11/03/14. For personal use only. Quick links to online content Further ANNUAL REVIEWS Annu. Rev. Anthropol. 1992.21:517-536. Downloaded from www.annualreviews.org by Washburn University on 11/03/14. For personal use only.

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“…Smith (1992, p. 27) argues that archaeological data are insufficient to study ''continuous change,'' but it seems that use of time spans on the order of approximately three generations of the normative lifespan (i.e., 50-75 years) can approximate such continuity if sufficient data are available to define trends or pace on a local or regional scale (see Plog and Hantman, 1990). In fact, since the various actions represented by each archaeological object (and, perhaps, many features) can be considered individual ''events'' (Gell, 1992;Hodder, 2000; see also Skibo and Schiffer, 2001), there are essentially infinite ''points in time'' for multi-temporal analysis.…”

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Process, perception, and practice: Time perspectivism in Yosemite native demography

Hull

2005

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

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Chronology Construction and the Study of Prehistoric Culture Change

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Radiocarbon Dating as a Probabilistic Technique: The Childers Site and Late Woodland Occupation in the Ohio Valley

Radiocarbon Dating as a Probabilistic Technique: The Childers Site and Late Woodland Occupation in the Ohio Valley

Archaeological Research on Style

Process, perception, and practice: Time perspectivism in Yosemite native demography

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