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sweep width: a standalone construct

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Archaeological survey

a measure of how detectable artifacts are in a survey, equal to the width of a strip in which the number missed inside equals the number found outside.

In archaeological survey, sweep width refers to a measure of how detectable artifacts are in a survey, equal to the width of a strip in which the number missed inside equals the number found outside. This meaning comes from Banning (2011) in Journal of Archaeological Science.[1]

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References

  1. Banning, E. B., Hawkins, A. L., & Stewart, S. T. (2011). Sweep widths and the detection of artifacts in archaeological survey. Journal of Archaeological Science, 38(12), 3447-3458. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2011.08.007

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