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Shovel-Test Sampling in Archaeological Survey: Comments on Nance and Ball, and Lightfoot

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Michael J. Shott
Michael J. Shott*
Affiliation:
Program for Cultural Resource Assessment and Department of Anthropology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506
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Abstract

Shovel-test sampling is the most common site-discovery technique used in vegetated areas, but its effectiveness is questionable. Recent papers in American Antiquity by Nance and Ball and by Lightfoot discuss the technique at length. The papers are welcome additions to the literature, but both contain deficiences that require comment and clarification.

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American Antiquity , Volume 54 , Issue 2 , April 1989 , pp. 396 - 404
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1989

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