Analysis of bone counts by maximum likelihood

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 111-125

  Rogers, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

ABCML; Maximum likelihood; MNI; Statistics; Taphonomy; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

BONE; METHODOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY;

EID: 0034075214     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1999.0442     Document Type: Article

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