Quantifying artefacts over time: Interval estimation of a Poisson distribution using the Jeffreys prior
This paper presents a new method for estimating the amount of an artefact class in use at a given moment in the past from a random assemblage of archaeological finds. The method is based on the use of simulation, since an analytical solution is computationally impractical. Estimating the number of a...
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
2019
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