The Development of the Scientific Aesthetic in Archaeological Site Photography?

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|May 2015

Figures & Tables

Survey of Site Photographs in All Selected Archaeological Journals from 1950 to 1980.

Scale	No. of Site Photographs with Scale	% of Site Photographs (total 3,026)	% of Site Photographs with Scale (total 1,668)
Rod	915	30	54
Tool	164	5	9
Human	589	19	35

Survey of Site Photographs in All Selected Archaeological Journals in decades from 1950 to 1980.

Scale	Years	Total No. of Site Photographs	No. with Scale	% with Scale
Rod	1950–1959	852	85	10
	1960–1969	1,051	266	25
	1970–1980	1,123	564	50
	Total:	3,026	915	(AVG) 30
Tool	1950–1959	852	45	5
	1960–1969	1,051	53	5
	1970–1980	1,123	66	6
	Total:	3,026	164	(AVG) 5
Human	1950–1959	852	163	19
	1960–1969	1,051	222	21
	1970–1980	1,123	204	18
	Total:	3,026	589	(AVG) 19

Increase/Decrease in presence of rod scale in academic journals in decades from 1950 to 1980.

Journal	Years	Total No. of Site Photographs	No. with Scale (Rod)	% with Scale (Rod)
AJA	1950–1959	148	12	8
	1960–1969	265	47	18
	1970–1980	292	150	51
	Total:	705	209	(AVG) 29
Archaeologia	1950–1959	162	0	0
	1960–1969	104	26	25
	1970–1980	289	173	60
	Total:	555	199	(AVG) 36
PBSR	1950–1959	142	28	20
	1960–1969	112	20	18
	1970–1980	49	9	18
	Total:	303	57	(AVG) 19
Antiquity	1950–1959	97	10	10
	1960–1969	128	19	15
	1970–1980	117	36	31
	Total:	342	65	(AVG) 16
PPS	1950–1959	42	12	29
	1960–1969	194	122	63
	1970–1980	197	154	78
	Total:	433	288	(AVG) 67
AA	1950–1959	91	8	9
	1960–1969	119	18	15
	1970–1980	32	2	6
	Total:	242	28	(AVG) 12

Increase in presence of rod scale in Prehistoric and Classical journals, in decades from 1950 to 1980.

Journal	Years	Total No. of Site Photographs	Total No. with Scale (Rod)	% of with Scale (Rod)
Prehistoric	1950–1959	230	30	13
	1960–1969	441	159	36
	1970–1980	346	192	55
	Total:	1,017	381	(AVG) 37
Classical	1950–1959	452	40	9
	1960–1969	481	93	19
	1970–1980	630	332	53
	Total:	1,563	465	(AVG) 30