Value number consideration ‐ a new appraisal. Comments onthe site Hein 33: Typological and chronological problems of the new stone age of Southern Norwayby Svein Indrelid,NAR 9, No. 1, 1976
Einar Østmo · Norwegian Archaeological Review · 1978
Value number combination as a typological method is discussed and found to be useful, if laborious, for achieving precise expressions of types on a quantitative basis. Its value in the search for prehistoric type concepts is regarded as a matter for discussion and as dependent on careful consideration of the typological properties employed. The discussion is illustrated with an experiment with Late Neolithic shaft‐hole axes from Østfold, SE Norway. The axes were found to fall into two separate groups, each possibly representing a prehistoric type.