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FURTHER STATISTICAL METHODS FOR THE CALIBRATION OF FLOATING TREE‐RING CHRONOLOGIES
Author(s) -
CLARK R. M.,
SOWRAY A.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
archaeometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1475-4754
pISSN - 0003-813X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4754.1973.tb00096.x
Subject(s) - calibration , simultaneity , piecewise , statistical inference , polynomial , computer science , inference , statistics , mathematics , algorithm , artificial intelligence , mathematical analysis , physics , classical mechanics
This paper describes the application of some further statistical methods for the calibration of floating treering chronologies to data pertaining to the Neolithic settlement at Auvernier. The more general statistical approach utilizes the information contained in the successive time‐derivatives as well as the absolute values of the bristlecone pine calibration curve, by fitting polynomial or piecewise polynomial curves, thereby producing better estimates, in general, of the absolute dates of the floating chronologies. Presentation of results in terms of joint confidence regions enables the relevant stratigraphic evidence to be included in the analysis by simple graphical means. In addition, the paper offers a new approach, using only floating tree‐ring chronologies, to the testing of Libby's principle of simultaneity.