Correction. Following Marley Brown's response, I went back to see what my
post had said and I see that I mis-stated my understanding of how/when
prehistorians started using stratigraphic excavation. I meant to say that
"it did not catch on AT FIRST" rather than "it did not really catch on
among prehistorians--particularly those working in areas where the soil
changes *are* particularly hard to see."
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* Mary Ellin D'Agostino *
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* Department of Anthropology *
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