3rd May 2006, 05:21 PM
How many samples of the same thing from the same period do you need?
It depends if they are in fact the same thing from the same period - It is quite important for CBM as well as pottery to be able to determine proportions by form and fabric by phase ( or other stratigraphic unit) - and it also depends on what the project design requirments are ( e.g. if you are interested in taphonomic charecterisation then you need to know fragment counts and the like...)
Obviously a lot of such problems could be nipped in the bud if specialists were consulted about sampling procedures etc before a pproject began. - the most effecient way to examine CBM is to have on site facilities for CBM specialist to work on the assemblage as it comes out of the ground....
It depends if they are in fact the same thing from the same period - It is quite important for CBM as well as pottery to be able to determine proportions by form and fabric by phase ( or other stratigraphic unit) - and it also depends on what the project design requirments are ( e.g. if you are interested in taphonomic charecterisation then you need to know fragment counts and the like...)
Obviously a lot of such problems could be nipped in the bud if specialists were consulted about sampling procedures etc before a pproject began. - the most effecient way to examine CBM is to have on site facilities for CBM specialist to work on the assemblage as it comes out of the ground....