Carl Steen wrote: .
 
snips
 
By the way, after watching techs and supervisors trowel brick rubble for many
 
> hours I rejected the use of the Harris Matrix. A good idea, but subject to
> quite suspicious implemnetation at times! Encourages the "know it all"
> attitude that plagues arcaheology I'd say!
 
 I can see that, but it is a good discipline! I have found that field directors
NEVER like it, and tend to like me less when I force them to maintain a working
matrix in the field. But it allows me to see their interpretive processes, and t
o
illustrate my own, quickly and clearly. It's just a tool, like using standardize
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color chips, etc.
 
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Dan Mouer
Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology
Virginia Commonwealth University
http://saturn.vcu.edu/~dmouer/homepage.htm