ANTH 2015 Midterm: Archeaology 2015 Exam 2 (scored 92%)
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Sampling in regional survey regional focus: is it a good way to find sites, regional survey in teotihuacan valley, mexico (very big city center of valley with mountains around) Valley divided into 7 areas so that only one area is not concentrated. Not a good way to find sites. 20% random sample: critique of lewis binford"s emphasis on sampling in regional survey they did find sites of various sizes in the proportion they existed there"s only one teotihuacan. Old-timer"s view on random sampling: waste of energy, too time consuming, not as reliable as intuition or knowledge, not relevant to ancient civilizations, real mesoamerican archaeologist (r. m. a) character in the early mesoamerican village. Random sampling: not a discovery technique, is the best way to get a representative sample without total coverage, archeologists usually don"t use random sampling, finding sites. Best ways to find them are by asking people and by looking for signs.