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The use of summed‐probability plots of radiocarbon data in archaeology
Author(s) -
SMITH MIKE
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
archaeology in oceania
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1834-4453
pISSN - 0728-4896
DOI - 10.1002/arco.5094
Subject(s) - radiocarbon dating , prehistory , archaeology , population , geography , demography , sociology
Attenbrow and Hiscock (2015) are critical of the use of “dates as data” to infer prehistoric population levels. Their critique needs some amendment, as methods and assumptions have evolved since Rick (1987) first proposed this approach.