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A Method for Counting Ceramic Rim Sherds

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History Archaeology
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American Antiquity, Vol. 38, No. 3 (Jul., 1973), 351-353Archaeologists rely upon the sherd count to quantify creamic data. A simple method for counting rim sherds uses the percentage of a vessel's orificerepresented by each sherd. This technique can be used to estimate the minimum number of vessels represented by the sherds in any specific category.

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