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by means of identification, the process of using
classes to assign phenomena to groups, essentially

matching a system of classes with a body of phenomena
to create groups which are analogous to classes"

( 1 9 7 1 * 4 4 ) .
The reason Dunnell states for making such a distinction

is also clear. He writes*

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"In the course of day to day iving, a distinction
between classes and groups is not necessary, for no
new information i s being conveyed within a singly

cultural system and evaluation is not overtly con-
ducted; however, for the purposes of scientific
inquiry and the evaluation of its results, i t i s
necessary to make such a distinction. Without i t

evaluation is impossible. The lack of such a dis-
tinction in much of the archaeological literature
has created a ;great deal of the confusion i n evidence
and represents the transfer of a commonsense approach
to scientific inquiry" ( 1 9 7 1 * 4 4 - 4 5 ) .

To bridge the gap between the "old archaeologists"

and the "new archaeologists" and to encourage archaeologists

to be more explicit, Dunnell has very deliberately defined

most of the terminology used i n archaeology so that

archaeologists can communicate efficiently. Besides

clarifying the terminology from time to time throughout

his book, he also points out the limitations and charac-