Other People's Data: A Demonstration of the Imperative of Publishing Primary Data

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 663-681

  Atici, Levent ^a   Kansa, Sarah Whitcher ^b   Lev Tov, Justin ^c   Kansa, Eric C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Alexandria Archive Institute   (United States)

^c Statistical Research Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blind test; Data integrity; Faunal analysis; Legacy data

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888042095     PISSN: 10725369     EISSN: 15737764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10816-012-9132-9     Document Type: Article

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