Significance in Archaeology
- 1 December 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in KIVA
- Vol. 42 (2) , 193-202
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00231940.1976.11757874
Abstract
Significance of archaeological materials should be gauged by multiple criteria, especially when the management of the resources requires decisions. Legal, scientific, ethnic, public, monetary, and managerial aspects of significance are all usable standards by which archaeological phenomena should be measured.Keywords
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