Table of Contents: Measuring time with artifacts :

Main Author:	Lyman, R. Lee.
Other Authors:	O'Brien, Michael J.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2006.
Subjects:	Archaeology > Research > United States. Archaeology > Methodology. > United States Time measurements. Chronometers > History. > United States Indians of North America > Antiquities. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology. Archaeology > Methodology. Archaeology > Research. Chronometers. United States.
Online Access:	http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=145607

Table of Contents:

Ontology
The concept of evolution in early twentieth-century American archaeology
The epistemology of measurement units
Cultural traits as units of analysis in early twentieth-century anthropology
Chronometers and units in early archaeology and paleontology
A.L. Kroeber and the measurement of time's arrow and time's cycle
Time, space, and marker types in James Ford's 1936 chronology for the lower Mississippi Valley
The epistemology of chronometers
The direct historical approach
American stratigraphic excavation
Graphic depictions of culture change
Artifact classification and artifact-based chronometry.