Author Question: Which of the following measurements would not provide useful information about an artifact's size? ... (Read 93 times)

washai · **on:** Jul 20, 2018

Which of the following measurements would not provide useful information about an artifact's size?

a. length
b. width
c. weight
d. location
e. thickness

Question 2

The number of attributes recorded during artifact analysis

a. is limited by the number of measurements possible, which is generally very few.
b. is generally limited to those that are necessary to accomplish the purpose of the typology.
c. is generally limited to those that provide an accurate description of artifact size, such as length, width, and thickness
d. is generally as many as possible, so that future analysts will not have to re-examine the artifacts to obtain the data they need to answer different research questions.
e. depends upon the decision of the archaeologist at the time, but the more the better.