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A theoretically-sufficient and computationally-practical technique for deterministic frequency seriation by Lipo, Carl P, Madsen, Mark E, Dunnell, Robert C

“…Frequency seriation played a key role in the formation of archaeology as a discipline due to its ability to generate chronologies. Interest in its utility for…”
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Identification of fragmentary bone from the Pacific by Greenlee, Diana M., Dunnell, Robert C.

“…We explore bone microstructure for taxonomic identification of archaeological bones too fragmentary to permit secure identification on morphological grounds…”
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Beveled Projectile Points and Ballistics Technology by Lipo, Carl P., Dunnell, Robert C., O’Brien, Michael J., Harper, Veronica, Dudgeon, John

“…Explanations for beveled blade edges on projectile points have been debated in North America archaeology since the first systematic description oflithic…”
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Formal analyses and functional accounts of groundstone “plummets” from Poverty Point, Louisiana by Lipo, Carl P., Hunt, Timothy D., Dunnell, Robert C.

“…Groundstone plummets of magnetite or hematite are commonly found artifacts of the Late Archaic period in Louisiana. While often assumed to have functioned as…”
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Style and Function: A Fundamental Dichotomy by Dunnell, Robert C.

“…Our understanding of the archaeological record has been developed under the culture history paradigm. Its fundamental structure is shown to be stylistic; this…”
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Temporal Data Requirements, Luminescence Dates, and the Resolution of Chronological Structure of Late Prehistoric Deposits in the Central Mississippi River Valley by Lipo, Carl P., Feathers, James K., Dunnell, Robert C.

“…Our ability to order chronologically the archaeological record has long been linked to our capacity to generate explanations. Evolutionary explanations make…”
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Population Structure, Cultural Transmission, and Frequency Seriation by Lipo, Carl P., Madsen, Mark E., Dunnell, Robert C., Hunt, Tim

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Lawrence A. Kuznar Reclaiming a Scientific Anthropology. Altamira Press, Walnut Creek (CA), 1997 by Dunnell, Robert C.

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The Concept of Waste in an Evolutionary Archaeology by Dunnell, Robert C.

“…The concept of waste as an explanation for cultural elaboration was presented as an effort to demonstrate the power of evolutionary theory in archaeology. The…”
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Arkansas Archaeology. Essays in Honor of Dan and Phyllis Morse, edited by Robert C. Mainfort and Marvin D. Jeter, Fayetteville, University of Arkansas Press, 1999 by Dunnell, Robert C.

“…This collection of ten essays honors the retirement of Dan and Phyllis Morse from the Northeast Re­gional Office of the Arkansas Archeological Survey and the…”
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Late Woodland Period “Waste” Reduction in the Ohio River Valley by Dunnell, Robert C., Greenlee, Diana M.

“…The “good and gray” (Williams 1963:297) cultures of the Late Woodland period in the Eastern Woodlands are so named because they lack the elaboration of the…”
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Artifact Size and Plowzone Processes by Dunnell, Robert C., Simek, Jan F.

“…Theoretical consideration of the formation of plowzone archaeological deposits implicates artifact size as an important and heretofore under-used source of…”
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Artifact Size and Lateral Displacement under Tillage: Comments on the Odell and Cowan Experiment by Dunnell, Robert C.

“…Odell and Cowan's (1987) experimental study largely confirms and extends results obtained by Lewarch and O'Brien (1981) on the effects of tillage on artifact…”
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THE ROLE OF THE SOUTHEAST IN AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY by Dunnell, Robert C.

“…Regional archaeologies have exerted variable influence on the course of development of American archaeology as a whole. The role of southeastern archaeology is…”
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Research and Development in the Stone Age: Technological Transitions among Hunter-Gatherers [and Comments and Reply] by Hayden, Brian, Bowdler, Sandra, Butzer, Karl W., Cohen, Mark N., Druss, Mark, Dunnell, Robert C., Goodyear, Albert C., Hardesty, Donald L., Hassan, Fekri A., Kamminga, Johan, Lourandos, Harry, Matson, R. G., Miller, Philip, Mohapatra, G. C., Persson, Per, Pittioni, Richard, Valoch, Karel, Wymer, J. J., Yesner, David R.

“…The transition from Pleistocene to Archaic/Mesolithic is analyzed in broad ecological terms. The trend throughout most of the Pleistocene toward increasing…”
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Seriation Method and Its Evaluation by Dunnell, Robert C.

“…Seriation as a scaling technique produces a formal arrangement of units, the significance of which must be inferred. Arrangement per se is a statistical…”
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A Review of the Americanist Literature for 1982 by Dunnell, Robert C.

“…The volume of Americanist literature continues to grow at a rapid pace with the publication of new works and the addition of new journals. A brief guide to the…”
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Archaeological Survey in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley, 1940-1947: A Landmark Study in American Archaeology by Dunnell, Robert C.

“…One of the hallmarks of the new archaeology was a shift from “sites” to regions as the investigatory universe appropriate to most archaeological problems…”
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Methodological Issues in Americanist Artifact Classification by Dunnell, Robert C.

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Stone Tools, Toolkits, and Human Behavior in Prehistory [and Comments and Reply] by Cahen, D., Keeley, L. H., Van Noten, F. L., Behm, Jeffery A., Busby, Colin I., Dunnell, Robert C., Hayden, Brian, Johnson, L. Lewis, Katz, Paul, Mohapatra, G. C., Movius, Hallam L., Narr, Karl J., Newcomer, Mark, Newell, Raymond R., Odell, George H., Ohel, Milla Y., Paddayya, K., Pittioni, R., Roe, Derek A., Tomenchuk, John, Wynn, Thomas G.

“…Stone artefacts are usually privileged witnesses, and often the sole preserved witnesses, of prehistoric man and his activities. The study of artefacts is…”
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