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Bayesian approach to interpreting archaeological data

Title
Bayesian approach to interpreting archaeological data / Caitlin E. Buck, William G. Cavanagh, Clifford D. Litton.
Author
Buck, Caitlin E.
Publication
Chichester, England : Wiley, 1996.

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Additional Authors
  • Cavanagh, William G.
  • Litton, Clifford D.
Description
xix, 382 pages : illustrations, graphs, tables; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Statistics in practice
Uniform Title
Statistics in practice
Subject
  • Archaeology > Statistical methods
  • Bayesian statistical decision theory
  • Bayes-Verfahren
  • Vor- und Frühgeschichte
  • Methode van Bayes
  • Archeologie
  • Gegevens
  • Inferencia estatistica
  • Archaeology > Methodology
  • Statistique bayésienne
  • Archéologie > Modèles mathématiques
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-375) and index.
Contents
The Bayesian approach to stastical archaeology -- Outline of the approach -- Modelling in archaeology -- Quantifying uncertainty: the probability concept -- Statistical modelling -- Bivariate and multivariate distributions -- Bayesian inference -- Implementation issues -- Interpretation of radiocarbon results -- Spatial analysis -- Sourcing and provenancing -- Application to other dating methods -- The way forward.
ISBN
  • 0471961973
  • 9780471961970
LCCN
96194204
OCLC
  • ocm34712390
  • 34712390
  • SCSB-9237085
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library