Strong methods in all cases / Mark E. Harlan. Strong cases, mortuary ritual, and sodalities : examples from Grasshopper Pueblo, Arizona / Stephanie M. Whittlesey -- Agricultural commitment in the Grasshopper Region / John R. Welch and Joseph Ezzo -- Pots and the stories they tell : whole vessel assemblages as strong analytic cases / Scott van Keuren -- The ritual retirement of Chodistaas Pueblo : a strong analytic case / Barbara K. Montgomery -- Snaketown in culture-historical perspective / J. Jefferson Reid -- Hohokam chronology and the interpretation of radiocarbon dates / Michael Brian Schiffer -- Hearths, kivas, and households at the Pigg site : an architectural strong analytical case from Southwest Colorado / Charles R. Riggs -- Inferring identity and life experience in a multiethnic historical cemetery : the Alameda-Stone cemetery in Tucson, Arizona / Michael Heilen -- The strong case approach in ethnoarchaeology / James M. Skibo, Margaret E. Beck, and William A. Longacre -- Perceiving the protohistoric : when weak signatures represent the strongest cases / Deni J. Seymour -- Strong cases and the historical record : the case of portable radios with subminiature tubes / Michael Brian Schiffer -- Strong methods in all cases / Mark E. Harlan.
Summary:
"Although all archaeologists subscribe in principle to building strong cases in support of their inferences, behavioral archaeology alone has created methodology for developing strong cases in practice. The behavioral version of the strong base approach rests on two main pillars: (1) nomothetic (generalizing) strategies, consisting of research in experimental archaeology, ethnoarchaeology, and long-term processes of behavioral change to produce principles necessary for inference; and (2) the formation processes of supporting evidence when constructing inferences. The chapters employ a wide range of data classes, demonstrating the versatility and productivity of the approach for fashioning rigorous inferences in history, historical archaeology, ethnoarchaeology, and prehistory. By illustrating the strong case approach with convincing case studies from behavioral archaeology, the editors aim to alert the archaeological community about how the process of archaeological inference can be improved"--Back of book.
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