Quantitative Analysis in Archaeology
Published on 27. October 2010
376 pages
978-1-4443-9016-2 (ISBN)
Description
Quantitative Analysis in Archaeology introduces theapplication of quantitative methods in archaeology. It outlinesconceptual and statistical principles, illustrates theirapplication, and provides problem sets for practice.
* Discusses both methodological frameworks and quantitativemethods of archaeological analysis
* Presents statistical material in a clear and straightforwardmanner ideal for students and professionals in the field
* Includes illustrative problem sets and practice exercises ineach chapter that reinforce practical application of quantitativeanalysis
Reviews / Votes
"VanPool and Leonard are accomplished practitioners, and their bookis a comprehensive guide to statistical inference in archaeologywith particular emphasis upon currently popular methods. Itshould be on every archaeologist's bookshelf and will serveadmirably as a text in introductory statistics courses." Michael Shott, University of Akron "The authors' approach to the often confusing concepts ofstatistical analysis using common sense and real-worldexamples make this text an approachable and conducive way to easearchaeologists into the quantitative analysis of data." Gordon F.M. Rakita, University of North Florida An excellent book -- one that takes archaeologists with littlequantitative training by the hand and leads them througheasy-to-read discussions of an impressive array of statisticalmethods. The examples come directly from archaeology, whichstudents will appreciate. My copy will become dog-eared fromuse. Michael J. O'Brien, University of MissouriMore details
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Persons
Todd L. VanPool is Assistant Professor at the Department ofAnthropology, University of Missouri, Columbia. He is the co-author with Christine S. VanPool of Signs of theCasas Grandes Shamans (2007), Religion in the PrehispanicSouthwest (2006) and Essential Tensions in ArchaeologicalMethod and Theory (2003).
Robert D. Leonard is retired from the Department ofAnthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, where hetaught for 17 years. He is currently the co-owner and a projectdirector of Human Inquiry, a consulting firm that uses aninterdisciplinary anthropological approach to help improve buildingdesigns.
Content
List of Tables.
List of Figures.
List of Equations.
Acknowledgments.
1. Quantifying Archaeology.
2. Data.
3. Characterizing Data Visually.
4.Characterizing Data Numerically: Descriptive Statistics.
5. An Introduction to Probability.
6. Putting Statistics to Work: The Normal Distribution.
7. Hypothesis Testing I: An Introduction.
8. Hypothesis Testing II: Confidence Limits, the t-Distribution, and One-Tailed Tests.
9. Hypothesis Testing III: Power.
10. Analysis of Variance and the F-Distribution.
11. Linear Regression and Multivariate Analysis.
12. Correlation.
13. Analysis of Frequencies.
14. An Abbreviated Introduction to Nonparametric and Multivariate Analysis.
15. Factor Analysis and Principal Component Analysis.
16. Sampling, Research Designs, and the Archaeological Record.
Some Concluding Thoughts.
References.
Appendix A. Areas under a Standardized Normal Distribution.
Appendix B. Critical Values for the Student's t-Distribution.
Appendix C. Critical Values for the F-Distribution.
Appendix D. Critical Values for the Chi-Square Distribution.
Appendix E. Critical Values for the Wilcoxon Two-Sample U-Test.
