Quantifying microartifacts using a personal computer

✍ Scribed by Sarah C. Sherwood; Stephen D. Ousley

• Book ID: 102221397
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 411 KB
• Volume: 10
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0883-6353
• DOI: 10.1002/gea.3340100602

✦ Synopsis

Microartifact analysis is a worthwhile endeavor in archaeological research. A recurring problem, however, has been the time invested in sample quantification. In this paper we offer an interactive way to quantify microartifact samples using a computer program called MMCOUNT. When the technique is applied during the point counting process, the time required to acquire reliable proportions of material classes can be reduced to approximately 25 minutes per sample, significantly less than usual counting times reported in other studies. (( 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.