COMBINING ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND RADIOCARBON INFORMATION - A BAYESIAN-APPROACH TO CALIBRATION

被引:205
作者
BUCK, CE
KENWORTHY, JB
LITTON, CD
SMITH, AFM
机构
[1] UNIV NOTTINGHAM,DEPT ARCHAEOL,NOTTINGHAM NG7 2RD,ENGLAND
[2] UNIV LONDON IMPERIAL COLL SCI & TECHNOL,DEPT MATH,LONDON SW7 2BZ,ENGLAND
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10.1017/S0003598X00080534
中图分类号
Q98 [人类学];
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030303 ;
摘要
The essential question of how to convert radiocarbon determinations - those physical figures so beguilingly expressed in 'radiocarbon years before present' which are not years at all - remains open to debate. In this new contribution, an approach is outlined using Bayesian methods, rather than classical statistics.
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页码:808 / 821
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