AbstractAbstractIssues in the measurement and interpretation of temporal processes are discussed, focusing in particular on the relationship between method and theory. Typical methods of chronology construction are examined and general problems identified. The importance of finding solutions to those problems is illustrated with reference to a specific, longstanding research issue: the relationship between environmental and cultural change in the Pueblo region of the American Southwest. An alternative method of chronology construction is proposed that allows more fine-grained assessments of correlations between environmental change and patterns of change in population and exchange.
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