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Contextual Incongruities, Statistical Outliers, and Anomalies: Targeting Inconspicuous Occupational Events

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Deni J. Seymour
Deni J. Seymour*
Affiliation:
The Southwest Center, University of Arizona, 1052 North Highland Ave, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0185 (denijseymour@aol.com)
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Abstract

New methodologies are needed to address multiple componentcy and short reuse episodes that are characteristic of mobile group residential and logistical strategies. Chronometric results are often misinterpreted when evaluated within a framework suited to long-term sedentary occupations. The standard practices of age-averaging, eliminating apparent "anomalous" results, and relying on high profile diagnostic tools and vessels and the most visible features—along with the expectation for "contextual congruence"—mask multi-componentcy and episodic reuse. High incidences of site reuse have been detected by considering alternate site development models and looking specifically for evidence of distinct shorter term occupations.

Resumen

Resumen

Se necesita nuevas metodologías para hacer frente a sitios con componentes múltiples y episodios breves de reutilización que son característicos de las estrategias residenciales y logísticas de los grupos nómadas. De vez en cuando, resultados cronométricos son mal interpretados cuando se les evaluó con un marco adecuado para ocupaciones sedentarias a largo plazo. Las prácticas usuales de "la edad promedio," la eliminación de aparente "resultados anómalas" y confiando en diagnósticos de alto perfil y los rasgos más visibles, junto con la expectación de "congruencias contextuales," oculta componentes múltiples y episodios de reutilización. Alta incidencias de la reutilización de los sitios han sido detectadas por considerar modelos alternativos del desarrollo de los sitios, buscando específicamente evidencia para distintas ocupaciones de breve duración.

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American Antiquity , Volume 75 , Issue 1 , January 2010 , pp. 158 - 176
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 2010

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