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Surface Collection, Sampling, and Research Design: A Retrospective

Redman, Charles L.·1987·American Antiquity
DOI 10.2307/281779
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Probability sampling, controlled surface collecting, and explicit research designs are standard working procedures for a large portion of the archaeological profession. The need for adopting these approaches and their utility in the field have been persuasively argued in the literature for 20 years. Despite their agreed-upon utility, these approaches are often poorly understood. Field strategies of four projects and their rationales are presented to provide examples of specific approaches that have had positive results. Based on these case studies and a review of the literature, I propose six basic principles as guides to the formulation of future field strategies. The researcher must define interpretive objectives, specify minimal data requirements, understand the problems of data recognition, structure the flow of research and evaluation, choose appropriate tools for each stage of research, and maintain cost effectiveness.

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  • The ability to estimate spatial variation measured on archaeological variables would have been useful in selecting sampling strategies and for placing test excavation units.

    “The ability to estimate spatial variation measured on archaeological variables would have been useful in selecting the sampling strategies and for placing test excavation units (Hodder and Orton 1976;Redman 1987).”

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Authors
Redman, C. L.
Venue
American Antiquity
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
1987-04
Volume
52
Issue
2
Pages
249-265
ISSN
  • 0002-7316
  • 2325-5064
DOI
10.2307/281779
Cited by
33
References
0
Language
en
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 10887 d)

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