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Nearest Neighbors, Boundary Effect, and the Old Flag Trick: A General Solution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Charles H. McNutt
Charles H. McNutt*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Memphis State University, Memphis, TN 38152
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Abstract

This paper presents a method for quantifying "boundary effect" in square, rectangular, triangular, and circular study areas. It is based upon a very different, theoretically oriented modification of the classic computation methods, is applicable to the variously shaped study areas described, and produces results which approximate simulation data quite closely.

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American Antiquity , Volume 46 , Issue 3 , July 1981 , pp. 571 - 592
Copyright
Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1981

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