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Use of the Cumulative Graph in Temporal Ordering

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Arthur J. Jelinek
Arthur J. Jelinek*
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Abstract

A cumulative graph which shows percentages of artifact types in assemblages is a useful tool for seriating large numbers of site samples when the chronological order of the appearance of types is known. This type of seriation has a distinct advantage over the bar-graph and Brainerd-Robinson techniques in speed and in the elimination of subjective judgment in ordering the assemblages.

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American Antiquity , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , October 1962 , pp. 241 - 243
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1962

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