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The Incorporation of Small Contract Projects into a Regional Sampling Design

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Shirley Powell  and
Glen E. Rice
Shirley Powell
Affiliation:
Center for Archaeological Investigations, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 1L 62901
Glen E. Rice
Affiliation:
Office of Cultural Resource Management, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, Tempo, AZ 85281
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Abstract

This paper evaluates the research potential of small contract surveys conducted in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area. It is argued that if the data produced by small project surveys are to be used to answer regional questions, it is necessary to treat each small survey as a sample unit within a region and to synthesize the data from several such surveys. Statistical techniques are employed to determine the representativeness of the greater Phoenix small survey sample. Preliminary archaeological results of the surveys conducted within the Phoenix area are presented and guidelines for the conduct of future surveys are suggested.

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Reports
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American Antiquity , Volume 46 , Issue 3 , July 1981 , pp. 602 - 610
Copyright
Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1981

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