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Multivariate Statistical Analysis of a Regional Subsistence-Settlement Model for Owens Valley

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Robert L. Bettinger
Robert L. Bettinger*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, New York University, New York, NY 10003
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Abstract

Despite their growing importance in the study of prehistoric human ecology, regional subsistence-settlement models continue to be developed and justified largely on intuitive grounds. This shortcoming can be at least partially overcome by using multivariate statistical techniques to clarify and refine these models. Such an approach is illustrated using classical factor analysis and discriminant analysis to explicate and improve a regional subsistence-settlement model previously developed for Owens Valley, eastern California.

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Research Article
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American Antiquity , Volume 44 , Issue 3 , July 1979 , pp. 455 - 470
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1979

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