Cross-platform program for likelihood-based statistical comparisons of mortality profiles on a triangular graph

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2420-2423

  Weaver, Timothy D ^a   Boyko, Ryan H ^a,b   Steele, Teresa E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age distributions; Age profiles; Age structure; Age at death; Faunal analysis; Sample size; Ternary diagram; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ARCHAEOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FAUNA; MORTALITY; ZOOLOGY;

EID: 79960103321     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.05.009     Document Type: Article

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