ANTH 2015 Chapter : SAMPLING METHODS IN ARCHAEOLOGY
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Complete survey or excavation: no sampling; you do total coverage. Partial survey or excavation: you"re doing some kind of sampling even if it isn"t random. A guy wanted to take this area and do random sampling to survey and see if it was a good way to find sites. One thing they did for the test case was divide the area up and take a random sample from each area. Random sampling is not a discovery activity, and it is not the best way to find sites. It is the best way to get a representative sample without total coverage. Define the area to be excavated or surveyed. Sampling strategy: total coverage; selective (non-probabilistic) not based on a probability statistic; you decide what to sample, it isn"t random and you have no idea whether or not it includes the whole thing; random (probabilistic) You can use air photos for things like this.
