Abstract
Form and spatial distribution: These are the two most fundamental axes of variation in material culture that archaeologists use. They are essential to describing, classifying, and analyzing the archaeological record. They are the primary data used in identifying, explaining, and interpreting the archaeological record, whether reconstructing or writing the past. Traditionally, formal variation in material culture over space has served to distinguish past social groups, to define their chronological positions, and to reconstruct their behaviors, organization, and ideas at specific points in time.KeywordsMaterial CultureArchaeological RecordCausal ProcessHigh TheorySocial UnitThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
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