Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of Anthropology
First Advisor
Wayne Suttles
Term of Graduation
1975
Date of Publication
1-1-1975
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.) in Anthropology
Department
Anthropology
Language
English
Subjects
Archaeology, Charles E. Borden, Archaeology -- Methodology, Northwest Coast of North America -- Antiquities
DOI
10.15760/etd.856
Physical Description
3, xxiv, 615 pages
Abstract
Analysis of Borden's papers, including unpublished (to 1975), to discover logic used to formulate and test hypotheses. Available data and explanatory patterns shown. Work characterized as search for Northwest Coast chronology with three periods: Early. Evidence from stratigraphy, geology, historical linguistics, ethnographies, study of spatial distribution of similar artifacts. Middle. Application of 0-14 dating to test and correct earlier hypotheses. Recent. Sequences of hypotheses to explain complex, puzzling phenomena involving many basic sciences. Papers shown to be series of retroductions, moving from puzzling phenomena to hypotheses from which the phenomena would follow as a matter of course.
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Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/4694
Recommended Citation
Robinson, Ellen Wallace, "Charles E. Borden: his formulation and testing of archaeological hypotheses" (1975). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 856.
https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.856