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This chapter introduces the archaeology of the Knight and Shenton Store site. Excavation techniques and laboratory procedures are discussed. Of particular concern is the problem of delineating short successive periods of archaeological time of excavation data from a single site. A method is needed to be formulated to produce a series of chronological artifact assemblages for enough short duration to firstly, delineate different households within the assemblage and secondly, to be capable of examining rapid social change within the area. Historical research indicates that chronological assemblages of approximately 10 year durations were required. The chapter sets out the method formulated, the date ranges of the four chronological assemblages identified by the method. The dating method was found to give a satisfactory degree of accuracy for most research purposes at this site giving the approximate 10-year durations as required. The dating was also tested against dates for archaeologically registered events derived independently from the historical record at this site and at other Western Australian sites where the method has been tested. The comparison showed that the assemblage dating reflected real periods of occupation with the method consistently giving date ranges which were slightly later but within 4 years of historical dates.
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Nayton, G. (2011). The Excavation of the Knight and Shenton Store Site. In: The Archaeology of Market Capitalism. Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8318-3_7
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