Artefact attribute richness and sample size adequacy

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 837-848

  Cochrane, Grant W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bootstrapping; Diversity; Experimental archaeology; Richness; Sample size adequacy

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; SAMPLING;

EID: 0037930574     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4403(02)00262-5     Document Type: Article

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