Quantitative Analysis in Archaeology

by VanPool, Todd L.; Leonard, Robert D.

• ISBN13: 9781405189514
• ISBN10: 1405189517
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-12-13
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

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

Author Biography

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.  

Table of Contents

Tables

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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