Reconstructing the full temporal range of archaeological phenomena from sparse data
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12310%2F21%3A43903018" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12310/21:43903018 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/60077344:_____/21:00553266
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440321001497?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440321001497?via%3Dihub</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2021.105479" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.jas.2021.105479</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Reconstructing the full temporal range of archaeological phenomena from sparse data
Original language description
Archaeologists rarely discover the first or last known occurrences of past cultural phenomena, yet 'start' and 'end' dates are central to our understanding of past human behaviour; therein lays a paradox long known within the discipline. Optimal linear estimation (OLE) has recently been used to reconstruct the full temporal range of prehistoric archaeological technologies using only the partial records available. That is, OLE has been used to reconstruct the portions of the archaeological record not yet evidenced through artefact discoveries. Here we present OLE to a wider archaeological audience and outline for the first time the model's assumptions as they pertain to archaeological phenomena. We demonstrate OLE to be an accessible, user-friendly and methodologically transparent temporal range estimation method applied via a single set of equations. Further, we present five additional frequentist techniques that enable archaeologists to account for observation reliability, search effort and extreme data scarcity when inferring temporal ranges. These methods allow archaeologists to gain a more accurate understanding of the temporal range of past human behaviour.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10618 - Ecology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Archaeological Science
ISSN
0305-4403
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
135
Issue of the periodical within the volume
NOV 2021
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
6
Pages from-to
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UT code for WoS article
000701928200001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85114784231