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representative of the more common forms produced in each ware, and are
grouped by wares rather than by formal similarities. The study is to a large
extent concerned with production units rather than the development of
individual forms. It has been considered appropriate, therefore, to publish
these representative groups rather than to incorporate a full type-series of
all wares irrespective of their source.
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3. Quantification
The value of a quantified data base lies in providing a basis for intra-
and inter-assemblage comparison at the level of relative-frequency
assessment (Orton 1975, 30; 1980, 156-67). This approach allows discussion
of distributional aspects of ceramics such as the extent of areas within
which industries were able to achieve a predominant share of the market, and
the
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