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Use of Automated Tools in Archaeology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

John L. Sorenson*
Affiliation:
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

Abstract

A device now being used in industry is suggested as a way to automate much of the labor of artifact description and comparison. This is a numerically controlled machine tool, and some problems and possibilities connected with its use are discussed.

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Facts and Comments
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1964

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