Measuring chronological uncertainty in intensive survey finds: A case study from antikythera, greece*

Archaeometry

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 312-328

  Bevan, A ^a   Conolly, J ^b   Hennig, C ^a   Johnston, A ^a   Quercia, A ^c,d   Spencer, L ^e   Vroom, J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici del Piemonte e del Museo Antichità Egizie   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e Flat A   (United Kingdom)

^f LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

POTTERY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TIME

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; CHRONOLOGY; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA SET; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANTIKYTHERA; ATTICA; GREECE;

EID: 84873745813     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2012.00674.x     Document Type: Article

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