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Spatial Analysis: Multiple Procedures in Pattern Recognition Studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Harold J. Hietala  and
Dominique E. Stevens
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Abstract

The analysis of the spatial distributions of artifacts on archaeological floors has potential for the recognition and interpretation of cultural patterns represented by prehistoric remains. This study emphasizes the use of multiple procedures for the separate problems of pattern detection, estimation, and prediction. Aggregative and segregative definitions are proposed for three artifact class associational modes. Definitions are also proposed for general and special pattern prediction problems. An application to the Mousterian site of Rosh Ein Mor in Israel, shows that multiple procedures can be extremely advantageous in the interpretation of general complex patterns.

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American Antiquity , Volume 42 , Issue 4 , October 1977 , pp. 539 - 559
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1977

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