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Archaeologists with expertise in stratigraphy, ceramic dating, obsidian hydration, and luminescence dating present historical and nontechnical reviews of the growth, development, and application of their techniques.
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It's About Time : A History of Archaeological Dating in North America
author
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Nash, Stephen Edward
publisher
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University of Utah Press
isbn10 | asin
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0874806216
print isbn13
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9780874806212
ebook isbn13
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9780585278155
language
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English
subject
Archaeological dating--United States--History.
publication date
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2000
lcc
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CC78.I87 2000eb
ddc
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930.1/028/5
subject
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Archaeological dating--United States--History.
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It's About Time
A History of Archaeological Dating in North America
Edited by Stephen E. Nash
THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH PRESS Salt Lake City
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2000 by the University of Utah Press All rights reserved
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
It's about time : a history of archaeological dating in North America / edited by Stephen E. Nash. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-87480-621-6 (alk. paper) 1. Archaeological datingUnited StatesHistory. I. Nash, Stephen Edward, 1964 CC78.187 2000 930.1'028'5dc21 99-046316
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CONTENTS
List of Figures
vii
List of Tables
viii
Part I: Introduction
1. The Surprisingly Deficient History of Archaeochronology
Stephen E. Nash and Jeffrey S. Dean
2
Part II: Layers, Styles, and Rings: Early Approaches to Archaeological Dating
2. Stratigraphy and Archaeological Dating
Julie K. Stein
14
3. The Foundations, Practice, and Limitations of Ceramic Dating in the American Southwest
Eric Blinman
41
4. Seven Decades of Archaeological Tree-Ring Dating
Stephen E. Nash
60
Part III: Radiation, Magnetism, Water, and Light: Later Approaches
5. The Introduction of Radiocarbon Dating
R. E. Taylor
84
6. Thirty Years of Archaeomagnetic Dating
Jeffrey L. Eighmy
105
7. Obsidian Hydration Dating, Past and Present
Charlotte Beck and George T. Jones
124
8. Luminescence Dating and Why It Deserves Wider Application
James K. Feathers
152
Part IV: Historical Records and Narrative
9. Dendrochronology and Historical Records: Concordance and Conflict in Navajo Archaeology
Ronald H. Towner
168
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10. Narrating Archaeology: A Historiography and Notes Toward a Sociology of Archaeological Knowledge
Jennifer L. Croissant
186
Part V: Conclusion
11. Just a Matter of Time? North American Archaeological Dating in the Twenty-First Century
Stephen E. Nash
208
Notes
211
References
219
Acknowledgments
281
Contributors
282
Index
284
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FIGURES
Figure 3.1 Distribution of Ancient Pottery in Arizona
43
Figure 3.2 Example of a Sherd Board
46
Figure 3.3 Pottery Type Frequencies from the Rainbow BridgeMonument Valley Excavations
49
Figure 3.4 Variability in Bowl Sherd Frequency as a Function of Sample Size
53
Figure 3.5 Variation in "Progressive" Neckband Height as from the Dolores Area, Colorado
57
Figure 5.1 Willard Frank Libby (19051980)
90
Figure 6.1 Robert L. DuBois
108
Figure 6.2 DuBois's Early Curve/SWCV595
109
Figure 6.3 Annual Processing of Archaeomagnetic Samples
114
Figure 6.4 Temporal Overlap of Phoenix Area Features
117
Figure 8.1 Relationship of Specific Luminescence to Known Ages
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