FREQUENCY SERIATION, CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS, AND WOODLAND PERIOD CERAMIC ASSEMBLAGE VARIATION IN THE DEEP SOUTH

From: Southeastern Archaeology | Date: July 1, 2007| Author: Neiman, Fraser D; Smith, Karen Y | Copyright information

Temporal variation in ceramic-type frequencies often is used to order archaeological assemblages chronologically. Frequency seriation (FS) is one means to do this. If the pottery types used are historical, then frequency seriation is an appropriate method for deriving a chronological order of assemblages. If types measure time and, say, social status, then a frequency-seriation diagram will appear messy, or noisy, and deriving a chronological order will be less straightforward. Correspondence...

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