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Younis 8. eta ‘ 1959” Thecheical mature of sconce pnt. Sei and Plan Foo $(1:28-27. Mario Alej anos Lerstanje. te The Siteless Survey: A Regional Scale Data Collection Strategy | RoserT c. ouNNeLL | | Satan &. Sancev the problem is more ‘nique have colored ‘is our opinion thae on OF the archaeological te locatior Ich is view is Redman 1973, 1973), pling universe a8 a set Of space. In many tradi 1 + SOME Of the contusion thar then {Amolicg universe, derives from this porn, Anunkovn set of 3 sal manifestations, the universe cannot bo $Y sampling rechniques. Oniy win as is common in i lly. Aca regional sale, he ‘universe be defined ares HATES EY « nccon seats aura outecrew srearecy dad one ne Of 10m pecied unio space wi sited. Duns! SSSQrY. In these a. Hele ‘ace deposits (Hole ous easeor lateral Hacts on the surface. One few eforecan be terials. altho d erable hat the surficial seth te SOUrCE Of archucatergial clon long as surface ast eC reason why suetace data are so oned are assumed D SONA SCALE Data couscnoy srmsrtay 274 ee arematic surface reconnaissance ean produce Primary archaeolog scope and character entirely enntistenr ae and necessary to a regional frame of tefersncn THE CONcEeT oF sirg ved as any in archaeology, so much variably taken for granted. Tradi- t3 are found tes are pi Graham 1967 ARG the practice of designating artifact speaks th serving as a book {he primary means of associating asic counting unit upon wn cal dat eROugh when the pur but 2 pragmatic deci all necessary for analytiesl purposes. covery might be considered, int eof the energy required 10 acquire i, This argument is based, of course, on assumptions derived from that because of the pre~ impossible ouside the : here units are normally wall that is required ta accommodate low-density areas is a inerease the area, ‘within which the counts are derived. proposed here, an even more direct approach may be facts over 4 region, one can explicitly basis of density within each environmental zone. ausnace Figue 7.1. anatyte mes ing etn clustered and nanctusteres es, 24 notte sume. ano wa scanner TW STRAGL muon « neconny SAKE DATA COLLECTION THAFRGy 278, former can be qus and compared | A eaIonAL oara acausimon strarear i observations about the assumptions that shape traditional Fieldwork are enrrec, itis apparent that these cexrried ov ‘work of regional they include | ses eps ang es oniyoneorsiewat niche foe ag tmodaterepional requirements, Figure 7-2 presents a generl made Ear Commonly occur on or near enviconmental boundaries. presume for the sructure of regional data acquisiion. tts intended i eotrne because a variety of resources cart be exploited irom os tial resqurees, d here, it would be possible to demon irectly from the archaeological reco oe restrieed Lacking an intellectual reason for structuring the cq hi 8 aFOund the site concept ‘cept remain nonetheless real. Regardless 6 the sive notion will undoubre endeavors such Register of Hi archaeological record and, ‘tate een sme tne cal resource will be purged —

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