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A Mathematical Rationale for Graphical Seriation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Marcia Ascher
Marcia Ascher*
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Los Angeles, Calif.
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Abstract

An algebraic explanation is offered for the graphical method of sedation proposed by Meighan. A suggested simplification of the graphing technique makes it possible to plot the seriation on ordinary graph paper rather than on three-pole graph paper.

Type
Research Article
Information
American Antiquity , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , October 1959 , pp. 212 - 214
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1959

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