Quantitative Methods in Archaeology Using R

Quantitative Methods in Archaeology Using R is the first hands-on guide to using the R statistical computing system written specifically for archaeologists. It shows how to use the system to analyze many types of archaeological data. Part I includes tutorials on R with applications to real archaeological data showing how to compute descriptive statistics create tables and produce a wide variety of charts and graphs. Part II addresses the major multivariate approaches used by archaeologists including multiple regression (and the generalized linear model); multiple analysis of variance and discriminant analysis; principal components analysis; correspondence analysis; distances and scaling; and cluster analysis. Part III covers specialized topics in archaeology including intra-site spatial analysis seriation and assemblage diversity.