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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