Testing the efficacy and reliability of common zooarchaeological sampling strategies: A case study from the Caribbean

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3693-3705

  Poteate, Aaron S ^a   Fitzpatrick, Scott M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Pre Columbian; Recovery methods; Sampling procedures; Shellfish; West Indies

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SHELLFISH; TESTING METHOD; ZOOLOGY;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 84878885918     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.04.014     Document Type: Article

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