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Measuring Archaeological Diversity: An Application of the Jackknife Technique

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Daniel Kaufman
Daniel Kaufman*
Affiliation:
Zinman Institute of Archaeology, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa 31905, Israel
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Abstract

The jackknife technique is applied here to measures of diversity in an archaeological context. As described, the technique requires no assumptions about the underlying structure of the data being analyzed and, thus, is offered as an alternative to simulation and regression approaches. Most important, with jackknifing it is possible to attach statistical significance to differences in diversity, allowing for more meaningful comparisons between archaeological assemblages.

Résumé

Résumé

La técnica jacknife es aplícada aquipara medir diversidad en un contexto arqueológico. Así descrita, la técnica no requiere presupuestos sobre la infraestructura de los datos analizados y, por lo tanto, presenta una alternativa para los análisis de regresión y simulación. Lo que es más importante, con esta técnica uno puede calcular el nivel de significación estadístico para las diferencias en diversidad, posibilitando así una comparación más significativa entre conjuntos arqueológicos.

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American Antiquity , Volume 63 , Issue 1 , January 1998 , pp. 73 - 85
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1998

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