ANTH 2015 Chapter : Anth 2015 SG
Document Summary
Lecture 6: word list for sampling methods in archaeology . Complete survey/ excavation: no sampling partial survey/ excavation: sampling regional focus. Random sampling: discovery technique find sites representative sample. Sampling strategy total coverage (gordon willey"s viru valley, wild cane cay, hatchery west: selective = non-probabilistic (strandlines in ontario) random = probabilistic. Type of sample: complete, quadrat transect, dog-leash. Method of sample: simple random, stratified random (lange"s costa rica; ford"s tikal-yaxha; rice"s lake peten, systematic random, stratified systematic unaligned random. Transect sampling: starting point random, both ends random, no random (lines through sites, no random (rays from center) Selective hunch sampling (gordon willey"s survey in viru) What is the best kind of random sampling: james mueller: stratified random; transect for distributional data, steven plog: stratified better than simple; quadrat & site size and artifact density important. What"s the difference between an antiquities collector and an archaeologist? . Horizontal: excavating an earth house floor to reveal stone foundations below the surface.
