The McKern Taxonomic System and Archaeological Culture Classification in the Midwestern United States: A History and Evaluation

In the first half of the 20th century three major archaeological culture unit classifications were formulated in the United States. The most curious one was the Midwestern Taxonomic System, a scheme that ignored time and space. Alton K. Fisher suggested to W. C. M...

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Main Author: B. K. Swartz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 1996-05-01
Series:Bulletin of the History of Archaeology
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Online Access:http://www.archaeologybulletin.org/article/view/353