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centage of New Town ceramic groups and a large percentage of the preceding complex, Spanish Lookout. We read that "Structure C-D may be dated as an early Spanish Lookout occupation" (p. 68). First of all, evaluation of the Structure C-D fill sherds safely leads to a dating of its construction, not of its occupation; the dating of the latter might be revealed by the sherds in the fill or a superimposed construction or by the contents of true trash lying on or about C-D. A feature is built and then it is used, and the relative datings and time-spans of each deserve special treatment (cf. p. 158). Furthermore, if we keep the authors' dating "principle" in mind, the reader can reasonably conclude that C-D is dated, or minimally dated, as a New Town construction. Certainly material of what is defined as New Town was present prior to or coeval with the act of building C-D. But, rather than emphasizing the principle of "latest material," the authors here clearly favor the statistical preponderance of Spanish Lookout ceramics in dating the construction of C-D. The New Town material must, in this case, be treated as a precursor of a New Town Ceramic Complex, though its presence does not yet

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Published
1966
Language
EN
Field
Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)