Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Archaeological sequence


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The result was merge to Seriation (archaeology). (non-admin closure) -- Dane 2007  talk 03:58, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

Archaeological sequence

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As the article suggests "sequence" isn't a well-defined technical term. Archaeologists use it colloquially in a number of ways, all of which we cover elsewhere, e.g. archaeological record, stratigraphy (archaeology), seriation (archaeology). Should be a redirect to archaeological record or stratigraphy (archaeology). Joe Roe (talk) 07:07, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Redirect/merge somewhere. Not very helpful as it is, but we need to cover the term somehow, with references. Johnbod (talk) 13:49, 1 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Merge/redirect to Seriation (archaeology). My understanding is that Relative dating, sequence dating, or seriation are all methods for establishing a chronological ordering of items such as archaeological artifacts, assemblages, events, or strata into an archaeological sequence. Archaeological sequences are a component of archeological records, but not equivalent to them. I think the idea of an archaeological sequence is likely notable, but at this point, we have better articles on the methods than the results. Sequence dating produces sequences, as does seriation. Seriation is the better article and may thus be a better target to put the concept of archaeological sequence in context. --Mark viking (talk) 22:48, 1 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Merge/redirect to Seriation (archaeology) unless someone comes up with something better. One website defined archaeological sequence as " A method of placing a group of similar objects into a chronological sequence, taking into account stylistic changes that occurred over time."  Doug Weller  talk 14:05, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:44, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:44, 7 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Comment. I have left a pointer to this discussion at Talk:Seriation (archaeology), as I believe should be a required part of the procedure whenever a merge is suggested at an AfD. Otherwise, the consensus of the AfD is likely to conflict with the consensus of editors at the target article. —David Eppstein (talk) 00:09, 8 August 2016 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.