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1、SECONDEDITIONPrinciplesofarchaeologicalstratigraphyPrinciplesofarchaeologicalstratigraphySecondeditionEDWARDC.HARRISBermudaMaritimeMuseumMangroveBayBermudaACADEMICPRESSHarcourtBrace&Company,PublishersLondonSanDiegoNewYorkBostonSydneyTokyoTorontoACADEMICPRE
2、SSLIMITED24/28OvalRoadLondonNW17DXUnitedStatesEditionpublishedbyACADEMICPRESSINC.SanDiego,CA92101Copyright1989byACADEMICPRESSLIMITEDThirdprinting1997Firsteditionpublished1979AllRightsReservedNopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanyformbyphotostat,microfilm,orb
3、yanyothermeans,withoutwrittenpermissionfromthepublishersBritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationDataHarris,EdwardC.Principlesofarchaeologicalstratigraphy.2nded.1.Antiquities.Excavationofremains.ApplicationsofstratigraphyI.Title930.1'028'3ISBN0-12-326651-3Pri
4、ntedinGreatBritainbyStEdmundsburyPressLimited,BuryStEdmunds,SuffolkForewordItisanhonourformetopenafewwordsintroducingthesecondeditionofDr.EdwardHarris'Principlesofarchaeologicalstratigraphy.Thefirsteditionandrelatedarticlescompriseanincisiveandimmenselypra
5、cticalapproachtotheproblemsofarchaeologicalstratigraphy.WemayjudgefromthemanyanddiverseexamplesfurnishedintheneweditionofPrinciples,theHarrisMatrix-whichIhavebeenteachingsince1978-hasbeenwidelyadopted.Theonlymysteryiswhyagoodnumberofinvestigators,especiall
6、yintheUnitedStates,continuetobelievethattheycandowithoutit.Inthisedition,Dr.Harrisproperlystressesthatarchaeologicalstrati-graphyisnotgeologicalstratigraphywritsmall.Rather,theprinciplesofarchaeologicalstratigraphy,madeexplicitbelow,arenewanddistinct,havin
7、gtakenshapeoverthedecadesofarchaeologicalpractice.GeologistsandgeoarchaeologistswhorejectDr.Harris'claimfortheexistenceofthisbodyofarchaeologicalprinciplesperhapshavefallenvictimtodisciplinarychauvinismuninformedbythoroughanalysesofrelevantcases.Inanyevent
8、,thisvolumedecisivelydemonstratesthatthereisanarchaeologicalstrati-graphy.TheneweditionofPrinciples,whichbenefitsfromadecadeofapplicationsoftheHarrisMatrix,isasignificantcontributiontothescienceofarchae-ology