Network analysis of archaeological data: A systematic approach

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 75-88

  Östborn, Per ^a   Gerding, Henrik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Networks; Quantitative methods; Similarity networks; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; NETWORK ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84897908884     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.03.015     Document Type: Article

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