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Pompeii, tombs and drinking habits: Archaeology counts
Author(s) -
Baxter Mike
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
significance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1740-9713
pISSN - 1740-9705
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2013.00644.x
Subject(s) - surprise , archaeology , history , classics , psychology , communication
Pompeii and statistics? Iron age tombs and correspondence analysis? It comes as a surprise to many that there are any applications at all of statistics and mathematics in archaeology. But as Mike Baxter explains, counting what you find can give new insights into the past.