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  • Measurement and meaning of archaeological diversity

    Creator:
    Betz, Virginia Marie
    Abstract:
    Archaeologists use diversity as one way of characterizing their assemblages. Diversity refers to both the number of artifact classes present (richness) and the proportional representation of classes (evenness). Numerical diversity indices measure one or both components. Archaeologists use assemblage diversity to infer behavior of prehistoric cultures. Archaeological inferences about behavior...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Courtland L. Smith Archaeologists use diversity as one way of characterizing their assemblages. Diversity