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A Shot in the Dark: Shott's Comments on Nance and Ball

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Jack D. Nance  and
Bruce F. Ball
Jack D. Nance
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada VSA 1S6
Bruce F. Ball
Affiliation:
Archaeological Survey of Alberta, Alberta Culture and Multiculturalism, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2P8
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Abstract

Shott's comments on Nance and Ball's article on test-pit sampling are off the mark. His comments reveal that Shott has misread the authors, that he generally has misinterpreted their intent, that he does not understand their research design and therefore does not know how to apply their findings, that he overlooks or avoids numerous important points made by the authors, and that he has his own unique view of archaeological data and survey methods.

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American Antiquity , Volume 54 , Issue 2 , April 1989 , pp. 405 - 412
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1989

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