Abstract
A major goal of archaeological classification is to arrange artifactual material in an orderly manner that provides a “window” opening onto the lifeway of a past group of people. A classification can give the archaeologist insight into the cultural framework of a past society. To do this, a classification must be rigorous, consistent, and replicable. Methodologically, classification proceeds by replacing the heterogeneity of the excavated artifactual material with internally homogeneous data classes reflecting the implementation of cultural concepts and ideas by artisans and is implemented through analytical methods sensitive to the ways the cultural ideas of a past group of people were implemented in a material form.
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