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Three Applications of Edge-Punched Cards for Recording and Analyzing Field Data1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2018

Emma Lou Davis
Emma Lou Davis*
Affiliation:
Los Angeles, California
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Abstract

Materials recovered in archaeological research expand in numbers, while increasingly refined analytical techniques make sorting more complicated than ever. Welldesigned data sheets, tailored to a specific job and carrying space for on-the-spot illustrations, expedite field reporting and report writing. For analysis and comparison of limited amounts of material, edge-punched cards provide accessible storage of information, as well as rapid means of comparing data. Cards are available in a number of types and sizes and may offer an excellent alternative step to rough sorting or computer programming. Examples are presented of three applications of edge-punched cards in analyzing various kinds of data in the hands of three persons who worked on the Wetherill Mesa Archeological Project. These individual approaches indicate the variety, flexibility, and sophistication of punch-card recording and analysis.

Type
4 Techniques
Information
Memoirs of the Society for American Archaeology , Volume 19: Contributions of the Wetherill Mesa Archeological Project , October 1965 , pp. 216 - 226
Copyright
Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1965 

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Footnotes

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This is Contribution No. 14 of the Wetherill Mesa Archeological Project.

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