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Bayesian classification for dating archaeological sites via projectile points

Carmen ArmeroGonzalo García-donatoJoaquín Jimenez-puertoSalvador Pardo-gordóJoan Bernabeu

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FOS: Computer and information sciencesEstadística matemàticachronological modelradiocarbon dating:62 Statistics::62H Multivariate analysis [Classificació AMS]Matemàtica -- HistòriaStatistics - ApplicationsMatemàtica -- Història ; Matemàtics--Biografia:01 History and biography::01A History of mathematics and mathematicians [Classificació AMS]posterior predictive distribution:Matemàtiques i estadística::Estadística matemàtica [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC]Dirichlet-multinomial processBifacial flint arrowheads:62 Statistics::62F Parametric inference [Classificació AMS]Anàlisi multivariableApplications (stat.AP)Matemàtics--Biografia

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Dating is a key element for archaeologists. We propose a Bayesian approach to provide chronology to sites that have neither radiocarbon dating nor clear stratigraphy and whose only information comes from lithic arrowheads. This classifier is based on the Dirichlet-multinomial inferential process and posterior predictive distributions. The procedure is applied to predict the period of a set of undated sites located in the east of the Iberian Peninsula during the IVth and IIIrd millennium cal. BC.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2021-01-01
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/RP4688