A K-means analysis of late period ceramic variation in the central Mississippi Valley

Southeastern Archaeology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-69

  Mainfort Jr , Robert C ^a  

^a HATCH LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMICS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA SET; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746269039     PISSN: 0734578X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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