Some archaeological applications of kernel density estimates

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 347-354

  Baxter, M J ^a   Beardah, C C ^a   Wright, R V S ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bivariate data; Contouring; Kernel density estimates; Matlab; Spatial clustering

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001415480     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1996.0119     Document Type: Article

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