In a message dated 8/24/2007 10:00:19 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
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usual  apologies for x-posting, but i'm trying to guage how much influence 
schiffer  might have had on the discipline, and how stratigraphy is now  
perceived...
do people generally/systematically record evidence of possible  disturbance 
(roots, frost, rodent/worm holes, etc.; and if so, how?), or just  make a note 
in the site diary, or just discard anything that's "obviously"  intrusive 
(modern coins, etc.), or... what do they do?
does anybody still  "assume" that "artifacts contained within a given stratum 
are more or less  contemporary"?


I always consider both C and N transforms, and I always record everything  on 
unit level forms and drawings, especially intrusions. Doesn't  everyone? If a 
feature is obviously modern, it is still an important part  of the record, 
and I still save everything in it, even if it is not  pertinent to the 
occupation I am interpreting. Assuming ALL artifacts in a  stratum are contemporary is 
not something I'd do, unless it was in a closed  context. 
 
Carl Steen



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