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Statistics for Archaeologists

A Common Sense Approach

By: Robert D. Drennan

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Statistics for Archaeologists

A Common Sense Approach

By: Robert D. Drennan

In the decade since its publication, the first edition of Statistics for Archaeologists has become a staple in the classroom. Taking a jargon-free approach, this teaching tool introduces the basic principles of statistics to archaeologists. The author covers the necessary techniques for analyzing data collected in the field and laboratory as well as for evaluating the significance of the relationships between variables. In addition, chapters discuss the special concerns of working with samples. This well-illustrated guide features several practice problems making it an ideal text for students in archaeology and anthropology. Using feedback from students and teachers who have been using the first edition, as well as another ten years of personal experience with the text, the author has provided an updated and revised second edition with a number of important changes. New topics covered include: -Proportions and Densities -Error Ranges for Medians -Resampling Approaches -Residuals from Regression -Point Sampling -Multivariate Analysis -Similarity Measures -Multidimensional Scaling -Principal Components Analysis -Cluster Analysis Those already familiar with the clear and useful format of Statistics for Archaeologists will find this new edition a welcome update, and the new sections will make this seminal textbook an indispensible resource for a whole new group of students, professors, and practitioners.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1441904131

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9781441904133

Fabrica San Jose and Middle Formative Society in the Valley of Oaxaca

By: Robert D. Drennan

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Fabrica San Jose and Middle Formative Society in the Valley of Oaxaca

By: Robert D. Drennan

In the early 1970s, Robert D. Drennan excavated the Middle Formative archaeological site Fábrica San José in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico. In this volume he presents the results of the excavations and provides a chronology of Middle Formative ceramics. Appendix on carbonized plant remains by Richard I. Ford.

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U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY

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0932206700

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9780932206701

Excavations at Quachilco

A Report on the 1977 Season of the Palo Blanco Project in the Tehuacan Valley

By: Robert D. Drennan

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Excavations at Quachilco

A Report on the 1977 Season of the Palo Blanco Project in the Tehuacan Valley

By: Robert D. Drennan

In this volume, Robert D. Drennan presents results of two seasons of archaeological research on the Palo Blanco Project in the Tehuacán Valley of Mexico. He reports on the surface survey and excavations at the central plaza and surrounding areas, including the outlying barrios.

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U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY

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0932206166

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9780932206169

Regional Settlement Demography in Archaeology

By: C. Adam Berrey,Robert D. Drennan,Christian E. Peterson

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Regional Settlement Demography in Archaeology

By: C. Adam Berrey,Robert D. Drennan,Christian E. Peterson

Archaeological analysis at the regional scale investigates the past by studying how people distributed themselves and their activities across a landscape of hundreds or thousands of square kilometers. Archaeological field survey methods developed over half a century combine with powerful new quantitative tools for spatial analysis (including GIS) to unleash new potential for identifying and studying ancient local communities and regional polities. Varied approaches to estimating regional population sizes in both relative and absolute terms are synthesized and their advantages and disadvantages assessed. Tools for quantitative analysis of regional demographic data are presented. Field survey methods developed around the world are compiled from widely scattered sources and best practices for collecting archaeological data to sustain demographic analysis are delineated. Concepts for improved sampling design in regional survey work are derived from fundamental statistical principles. In conclusion, promising directions for future methodological development are identified.

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Eliot Werner Publications

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1733376976

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9781733376976

Hongshan Regional Organization in the Upper Daling Valley

By: Christian E. Peterson,Lu Xueming,Robert D. Drennan,Zhu Da

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Hongshan Regional Organization in the Upper Daling Valley

By: Christian E. Peterson,Lu Xueming,Robert D. Drennan,Zhu Da

A detailed report on regional-, local-, and household-scale research on Hongshan societies (4500-3000 BCE) in northeastern China. Regional demography and community patterns are analyzed for an area of 200 square kilometers surrounding the excavated ceremonial site of Dongshanzui. More intensive study of Hongshan residential remains through surface collection, magnetometer survey, and stratigraphic tests informs the interpretation of the results of regional-scale survey. Dongshanzui's public architecture, along with additional unexcavated ceremonial platforms, are shown to be at the heart of a regional-scale concentration of Hongshan residential occupation that represents an independent small chiefly polity with no more than 1,000 inhabitants. Its neighbors were other similar small polities related to each other through peaceful interaction but without larger-scale political integration. Complete text in English and Chinese.

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Center for Comparative Arch

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1877812935

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9781877812934

The Prehistory of the Tuxtlas

By: Robert S. Santley

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The Prehistory of the Tuxtlas

By: Robert S. Santley

This volume presents Santley's final synthesis of the evolution of Mesoamerican civilization in the Tuxtla Mountains of southern Veracruz, Mexico.

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UNM Press

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0826340695

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9780826340696

Ballists, Dead Beats, and Muffins

Inside Early Baseball in Illinois

By: Robert D. Sampson

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Ballists, Dead Beats, and Muffins

Inside Early Baseball in Illinois

By: Robert D. Sampson

Baseball’s spread across Illinois paralleled the sport’s explosive growth in other parts of the country. Robert D. Sampson taps a wealth of archival research to transport readers to an era when an epidemic of “base ball on the brain” raged from Alton to Woodstock. Focusing on the years 1865 to 1869, Sampson offers a vivid portrait of a game where local teams and civic ambition went hand in hand and teams of paid professionals displaced gentlemen’s clubs devoted to sporting fair play. This preoccupation with competition sparked rules disputes and controversies over imported players while the game itself mirrored society by excluding Black Americans and women. The new era nonetheless brought out paying crowds to watch the Rock Island Lively Turtles, Fairfield Snails, and other teams take the field up and down the state. A first-ever history of early baseball in Illinois, Ballists, Dead Beats, and Muffins adds the Prairie State game’s unique shadings and colorful stories to the history of the national pastime.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252054342

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9780252054341

Book's by Robert D. Drennan

Statistics for Archaeologists

Statistics for Archaeologists

Fabrica San Jose and Middle Formative Society in the Valley of Oaxaca

Fabrica San Jose and Middle Formative Society in the Valley of Oaxaca

Excavations at Quachilco

Excavations at Quachilco

Regional Settlement Demography in Archaeology

Regional Settlement Demography in Archaeology

Hongshan Regional Organization in the Upper Daling Valley

Hongshan Regional Organization in the Upper Daling Valley

The Prehistory of the Tuxtlas

The Prehistory of the Tuxtlas

Ballists, Dead Beats, and Muffins

Ballists, Dead Beats, and Muffins

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