A study of parametric versus non-parametric methods for predicting paleohabitat from Southeast Asian Bovid astragali

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1774-1783

  Weinand, Daniel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovidae; Functional morphology; Linear discriminant analysis; Paleoenvironment; Recursive partitioning; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PARAMETERIZATION; RUMINANT; SKELETAL REMAINS;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

BOVIDAE;

EID: 34548755509     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.12.016     Document Type: Article

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