Quantitative Analysis in Archaeology

Quantitative Analysis in Archaeology introduces the application of quantitative methods in archaeology. It outlines conceptual and statistical principles, illustrates their application, and provides problem sets for practice. Discusses both methodological frameworks and quantitative methods of archaeological analysis Presents statistical material in a clear and straightforward manner ideal for students and professionals in the field Includes illustrative problem sets and practice exercises in each chapter that reinforce practical application of quantitative analysis

Todd L. VanPool is Assistant Professor at the Department of Anthropology, University of Missouri, Columbia. He is the co-author with Christine S. VanPool of Signs of the Casas Grandes Shamans (2007), Religion in the Prehispanic Southwest (2006) and Essential Tensions in Archaeological Method and Theory (2003).

Robert D. Leonard is retired from the Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, where he taught for 17 years. He is currently the co-owner and a project director of Human Inquiry, a consulting firm that uses an interdisciplinary anthropological approach to help improve building designs.

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Figures
Equations
Acknowledgements
Quantifying Archaeology
Data
Characterizing Data Visually
Characterizing Data Numerically: Descriptive Statistics
An Introduction to Probability
Putting Statistics to Work: The Normal Distribution
Hypothesis Testing I: An Introduction
Hypothesis Testing II: Confidence Limits, the T-Distribution, and One-tailed Tests
Hypothesis Testing III: Power
Analysis of Variance and the F-Distribution
Linear Regression and Multivariate Analysis
Correlation
Analysis of Frequencies
An Abbreviated Introduction to Nonparametric and Multivariate Analysis
Factor Analysis and Principal Component Analysis
Sampling, Research Designs, and the Archaeological Record
References Cited
Areas under a Standardized Normal Distribution
Critical Values for the t-Distribution
Critical Values for the F Distribution
Critical Values for the Chi-Square Distribution
Critical Values for the Wilcoxon Two-sample U Test
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