Mathematics, statistics and archaeometry: The past 50 years or so

Archaeometry

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 968-982

  Baxter, M J ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Computation; Data transformation; Dating; Lead isotope analysis; Mathematics; Multivatiate data; Provenance; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; NUMERICAL METHOD; PROVENANCE; RADIOCARBON DATING;

EID: 57049132767     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2008.00427.x     Document Type: Review

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