A new statistical tool for comparing animal bone assemblages

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 437-453

  Moreno García, Marta ^a   Orton, Clive ^b   Rackham, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal bones; Assemblages; Correspondence analysis; Quantification

Indexed keywords

BONE ASSEMBLAGE; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029756858     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1996.0039     Document Type: Article

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