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Sampling in Archaeology
by Clive Orton
A straightforward guide to the theory and practical implementation of statistical sampling which aims to bring professional and academic archaeologists up to date with this important aspect of their work. Orton presents the information from both a site and a national perspective and evaluates the value of the data that can be retrieved from informal and formal sampling. This highly readable manual is aided by large numbers of diagrams and charts. 261p, many figs (Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology, Cambridge UP 2000)
Publisher's Information - Table of contents
1. 'All the world's a sample'; 2. 'A little of what you fancy?'; 3. 'If this is the sample, what was the population?'; 4. 'Covering the ground'; 5. 'What's in a site?'; 6. 'The answer lies in the soil'; 7. 'But many sanguine people hope, to see them through a microscope'; 8. 'In its depth, what treasures?'; 9. 'Beyond random sampling'; Appendix.
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