TY - JOUR
AU - ROUSE, IRVING
AB -  recent article in this journal, Phillips and Willey (1953:628) proposed an “operational basis for culture-historical integration” which makes use of “two static formal concepts component and phase a n d . . . two fluid historical concepts tradition and horizon style.” As Phillips and Willey point out, the first two of these concepts are not likely to arouse much disagreement. Some archeologists will prefer, in particular studies, to concentrate upon artifact types or other elements of culture, but it would seem reasonable to accept components and phases (i-e., the foci of the Midwestern Taxonomic System) as the basic units of archeological research, since these correspond, as Phillips and Willey point out, to the community and society (i.e,, tribal group) in ethnology. The establishment of relationships among the various phases or groups of components is another matter. While Phillips and Willey (1953:630-31) favor the use of traditions and horizon styles for this purpose, they concede that many archeologists will prefer other concepts. The purpose of this article is neither to advocate any of the other concepts nor to propose new ones but rather to examine and evaluate the various ways of relating phases. COMPONENT AND PHASE IN A It 
TI - On the Correlation of Phases of Culture
JF - American Anthropologist
DO - 10.1525/aa.1955.57.4.02a00050
DA - 1955-08-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/on-the-correlation-of-phases-of-culture-4kCJhpMr8A
SP - 713
VL - 57
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -