Through a filter, darkly: Population size estimation, systematic error, and random error in radiocarbon-supported demographic temporal frequency analysis

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 53, Issue , 2015, Pages 133-147

  Brown, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeological demography; Monte Carlo simulation; Paleontology; Radiocarbon age estimation; Temporal frequency analysis

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CALIBRATION; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; ERROR ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PALEONTOLOGY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; RADIOCARBON DATING; TIME SERIES;

EID: 84909641712     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.10.013     Document Type: Article

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