Empirical Bayesian methods for archaeological survey data: An application from the mesa verde region

American Antiquity

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 241-272

  Ortman, Scott G ^a   Varien, Mark D ^a   Lee Gripp, T ^a  

^a CROW CANYON ARCHAEOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 34249776340     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/40035813     Document Type: Article

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