Archaeofaunal relative abundance, Sample size, and statistical methods

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 185-195

  Cannon, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo simulation; Quantitative methods; Sample size; Zooarcaeology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PALEOECOLOGY; SAMPLING BIAS;

EID: 0035070101     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.2000.0558     Document Type: Article

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