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Within each of these strata Crossan then lists the items according to the number of independent sources that attest to the complex:
Multiple Attestation
Triple Attestation
Double Attestation
Single Attestation
As an intentional methodological discipline, Crossan excludes from consideration any complex that has only single attestation even if it is found in a source from the first stratum.