Graphing culture change in North American archaeology : a history of graph types

Graphing culture change in North American archaeology : a history of graph types / R. Lee Lyman.

"Documentation, analysis, and explanation of culture change have long been goals of archaeology. The earliest archaeological spindle graphs appeared in the 1880s and 1890s, but had no influence on subsequent archaeologists. Line graphs showing change in frequencies of specimens in each of sever...

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Main Author: Lyman, R. Lee (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Archaeology > North America > Graphic methods.
Social change > North America > History.
Culture diffusion > North America > Graphic methods.
Archaeology > Graphic methods
Social change
North America
Electronic books.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Culture chronology and change
  • An evaluative framework
  • Materials and methods
  • Early history of archaeology graphs
  • Paleontological, palynological, biological, and physical anthropology graphs
  • Archaeology spindle graphs in the 1930s
  • Shopping around and one-off graphs
  • The fourth (and influential) introduction of spindle graphs
  • Observations on graphing history
  • Final thoughts.

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