Unit issues in archaeology : measuring time, space, and material /

• Other Authors: Ramenofsky, Ann F. (Ann Felice), 1942-, Steffen, Anastasia, 1963-
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, �1998.
• Series: Foundations of archaeological inquiry.
• Subjects: Archaeometry.; Antiquities > Measurement.; Archaeology > Methodology.; Landscape archaeology > Methodology.; SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.; Arch�aometrie; Aufsatzsammlung; Arch�aologie; Methode; Electronic books.

The relativity of measurement is one of the paradoxes of science. Even as we seek evidence to explain the world around us, the nature of that knowledge depends on our tools. The apparent inconsistency between what we know and how and what we measure points to the importance of scientific method as a...