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Within recent years there appears to have been an increasing awareness on the part of archaeologists that certain statistical techniques offer economical methods of extracting information of cultural significance from archaeological data. The discussions of Kroeber (1940), Robinson (1951), and Brainerd (1951) have appeared in American Antiquity, and the last two even evoked a comment (Lehmer, 1951). In addition to these papers, which are primarily devoted to exposition of method, a considerable number of special applications can be found in the literature. Archaeological research inevitably brings the researcher face to face with the problems of ordering and comparing quantities of data and of sampling error. There seems little doubt that the best approach to these problems involves a search of statistical literature for appropriate methods.

The fiftieth anniversaries of the Society for American Archaeology and of its journal are plainly occasions for stock-takings of various kinds. My assignment is to comment on the progress of the theory underlying archaeological activities during this time with particular attention to the situation at the outset. My principal qualification for this task is the simple fact that my period of participation in American archaeology coincides closely with this fifty-year span. I began graduate study at the University of Michigan in the autumn of 1936 and immediately developed a specialized interest in eastern and northern North America. Subsequent discussion reflects this interest; my basic concern is to describe and appraise the intellectual groundwork of archaeology as it was practiced by archaeologists working in this field.

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American Historical Anthropology (Essays in Honor of Leslie Spier). Edited by Carroll L. Riley and Walter W. Taylor. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, 1967. xiv + 255 pp. $7.50. - Volume 34 Issue 2

American AnthropologistVolume 70, Issue 3 p. 626-628 Free Access ARCHEOLOGY: Rethinking Archaeology. K. C. Chang. Albert C. Spaulding, Albert C. Spaulding University of California, Santa BarbaraSearch for more papers by this author Albert C. Spaulding, Albert C. Spaulding University of California, Santa BarbaraSearch for more papers by this author First published: June 1968 https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1968.70.3.02a00860AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume70, Issue3June 1968Pages 626-628 RelatedInformation

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American AnthropologistVolume 68, Issue 4 p. 1064-1065 ARCHEOLOGY: The Dynamics of Stylistic Change in Arikara Ceramics. James Deetz Albert C. Spaulding, Albert C. Spaulding University of OregonSearch for more papers by this author Albert C. Spaulding, Albert C. Spaulding University of OregonSearch for more papers by this author First published: August 1966 https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1966.68.4.02a00510Citations: 1AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article.Citing Literature Volume68, Issue4August 1966Pages 1064-1065 RelatedInformation

American AnthropologistVolume 67, Issue 4 p. 1041-1042 Free Access ETHNOLOGY: Data Quality Control—A New Research Technique: Prolegomena to a Cross-Cultural Study of Culture Stress. RAOUL NAROLL ALBERT C. SPAULDING, ALBERT C. SPAULDING University of OregonSearch for more papers by this author ALBERT C. SPAULDING, ALBERT C. SPAULDING University of OregonSearch for more papers by this author First published: August 1965 https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1965.67.4.02a00370Citations: 1AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article.Citing Literature Volume67, Issue4August 1965Pages 1041-1042 RelatedInformation