5. Stratigraphic analysis

5.1 The nature of stratigraphic analysis
5.2 Emplacement: the overriding significance of contacts
      5.2.1 The notion of contiguity
      5.2.2 Direct contact
      5.2.3 Indirect contacts
      5.2.4 Assessment of contacts
      5.2.5 In search of laws
5.3 Deposition: time as function of space
      5.3.1 An archaeological inference
      5.3.2 Emplacement as a clue to deposition
      5.3.3 Strata definition and strata assignment
      5.3.4 Automatic derivation of strata sequence
5.4 Conceptualization
5.5 Documentation
      5.5.1 The nature of documentation
      5.5.2 The digital and grammatical dimensions
      5.5.3 The basic principles of documentation
      5.5.4 The mechanics of the input
      5.5.5 The significance of feedback in the input phase
5.6 In praise of theory

a.	On the grammatical aspects of stratigraphic analysis see the relevant section of b.	Harris 1975
c.	Compare the definition of stratigraphic excavation offered by O'Brien and Lyman 2002. – [Laerke Recht, October 2015]
d.	The beginning of stratigraphy in excavation: Lucas 2001b. – [Laerke Recht, September 2014]
e.	See also Carandini 2000, ch. 2; Herz & Garrison 1997. – [Laerke Recht, July 2016]
f.	Emplacement and deposition, cf. Hodder & Hutson 2003. – [Laerke Recht, July 2016]

a.	Context: Lyman 2012. – [Laerke Recht, July 2016]

a.	See also the principles in Bahn 2001. – [Laerke Recht, July 2016]

a.	See also the discussion of superposition, strata and stratigraphy in O'Brien and Lyman 2002. – [Laerke Recht, October 2015]

a.	See Buccellati 1981 "Secions". – [July 2016]
b.	Harris matrix: Harris 1979a. – [Laerke Recht, July 2016]

a.	Cf. Bernbeck 1997; Gardin 1980; Yoffee & Sherratt 1993. – [July 2016]