Practices in Archaeological Stratigraphy Book

	Foreword
Sect. I	Introduction	1
1	Interfaces in archaeological stratigraphy	7
Sect. II	Historical trends	21
2	Recording the archaeology of London: the development and implementation of the DUA recording system	23
3	The contribution of the Harris Matrix to the development of Catalan archaeology	47
4	Polish medieval excavations and the Harris Matrix: applications and developments	57
5	The limits of arbitrary excavation	68
Sect. III	Analysis in excavation	87
6	Single-context planning : its role in on-site recording procedures and in post-excavation analysis at York	89
7	Building stratigraphic sequences on excavations : an example from Konstanz, Germany	104
8	Three-dimensional assessment of activity areas in a shell midden : an example from the Hoko River Rockshelter, State of Washington	122
9	Matrices and Maya archaeology	139
Sect. IV	Phasing and structural analysis	153
10	Phasing stratigraphic sequences at Colonial Williamsburg	155
11	The application of the Harris Matrix to the recording of standing structures	167
12	The total site matrix : strata and structure at the Bixby Site	181
Sect. V	Post-excavation analysis	198
13	Computer-aided Harris Matrix generation	201
14	Interpreting archaeology with Hindsight : the use of three dimensions in graphic recording and site analysis	218
15	Beyond crossmends : stratigraphic analysis and the content of historic artefact assemblages on urban sites	229
16	The seriation of multilinear stratigraphic sequences	250
Sect. VI	Future developments	274
17	Sites without Principles : post-excavation analysis of 'pre-matrix' sites	276
	Index	293