Some Uses of R-Mode Analysis in Archaeology
Abstract One kind of R-mode analysis, the examination of the co-occurrence of particular artifact classes across a number of collections, facilitates the identification of recurrent artifact clusters. Its use with proportional data, however, requires the safeguard of equalizing collection sizes, whi...
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crcambridgeupr:10.2307/279586 2023-05-15T15:03:30+02:00 Some Uses of R-Mode Analysis in Archaeology Dumond, D. E. 1974 http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/279586 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0002731600090752 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms American Antiquity volume 39, issue 2Part1, page 253-270 ISSN 0002-7316 2325-5064 Museology Archeology Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) History journal-article 1974 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.2307/279586 2022-04-07T08:01:32Z Abstract One kind of R-mode analysis, the examination of the co-occurrence of particular artifact classes across a number of collections, facilitates the identification of recurrent artifact clusters. Its use with proportional data, however, requires the safeguard of equalizing collection sizes, which in turn may necessitate the use of some statistic other than the product-moment coefficient of correlation. Two examples of R-mode analysis are given, both using an average-linkage clustering procedure. The first uses proportional data from unmixed collections of a southwestern Alaskan phase of the Arctic Small Tool tradition, permitting a definition of artifact groups that may represent specialized activities, and highlighting 1 cluster that may have specifically temporal significance; some results of factor analysis are compared. The second example employs presence-absence information from surface-collected ceramics from Tlaxcala, Mexico, and makes possible a refinement of the ceramic sequence. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic arctic small tool tradition Cambridge University Press (via Crossref) Arctic American Antiquity 39 2Part1 253 270 |
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Abstract One kind of R-mode analysis, the examination of the co-occurrence of particular artifact classes across a number of collections, facilitates the identification of recurrent artifact clusters. Its use with proportional data, however, requires the safeguard of equalizing collection sizes, which in turn may necessitate the use of some statistic other than the product-moment coefficient of correlation. Two examples of R-mode analysis are given, both using an average-linkage clustering procedure. The first uses proportional data from unmixed collections of a southwestern Alaskan phase of the Arctic Small Tool tradition, permitting a definition of artifact groups that may represent specialized activities, and highlighting 1 cluster that may have specifically temporal significance; some results of factor analysis are compared. The second example employs presence-absence information from surface-collected ceramics from Tlaxcala, Mexico, and makes possible a refinement of the ceramic sequence. |
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Some Uses of R-Mode Analysis in Archaeology |
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