The covering law model in archaeology: Practical uses and formal interpretations

Patty Jo Watson; Steven A. Le Blanc; Charles L. Redman

doi:10.1080/00438243.1974.9979596

The covering law model in archaeology: Practical uses and formal interpretations

Patty Jo Watson, Steven A. Le Blanc, Charles L. Redman

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In a recent issue of World Archaeology, Charles Morgan criticized our book, Explanation in Archaeology. We find much of his discussion to be not only unfair but wrong because: (1) He attacks us as though we were advocating the adoption of a formalist version of the Covering Law (CL) model by archaeologists, which we are not.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	125-132
Number of pages	8
Journal	World Archaeology
Volume	6
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.1974.9979596
State	Published - Oct 1974
Externally published	Yes

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