The Size Effect: An Explanation of Variability in Surface Artifact Assemblage Content
- 1 April 1978
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in American Antiquity
- Vol. 43 (2) , 288-293
- https://doi.org/10.2307/279254
Abstract
The reuse of certain categories of artifacts combined with natural site formation processes, such as sedimentation and erosion, is suggested to result in the disproportionate occurrence of “large” artifacts on the surface of sites. This phenomenon, known as the size effect, is investigated with artifact assemblage data from several stratified Eastern North American sites.Keywords
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