Spatial Statistics and Stone Structures

Over the past four years, I have been researching stone structures throughout the eastern seaboard of the U.S. and Canada. I will present the results of this study as a way of illustrating the use of spatial statistics to address a controversial research question:Who built the structures? Native Ame...

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Main Author: Hoffman, Curtiss
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Published: Virtual Commons - Bridgewater State University 2017
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Online Access:https://vc.bridgew.edu/may_celebrations/2017/session1/25
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Summary:Over the past four years, I have been researching stone structures throughout the eastern seaboard of the U.S. and Canada. I will present the results of this study as a way of illustrating the use of spatial statistics to address a controversial research question:Who built the structures? Native Americans? Colonial farmers? Transatlantic pre-Columbian voyagers? Or are they just natural deposits from the last glacier? This research has been supported by generous grants from CARS.