Weighing vs. counting: Measurement reliability and the California School of Midden Analysis

American Antiquity

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 303-324

  Mason, Roger D ^a   Peterson, Mark L ^b   Tiffany, Joseph A ^c  

^a Chambers Group Inc   (United States)

^b Peterson and Associates   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0006402502     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2694700     Document Type: Review

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