Detecting modes in low-dimensional archaeological data

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2379-2385

  Baxter, M J ^a   Cool, H E M ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Barbican Research Associates   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artefact classification; Kernel density estimation; Loomweights; Mode; Provenance; Silverman's test

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; DETECTION METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRAPHICAL METHOD; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAD ISOTOPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROVENANCE; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 77955282031     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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